(1928–2007), German composer. An important avant-garde composer and exponent of serialism, he co-founded an electronic music studio for West German radio, and in 1977 embarked on his Licht cycle of musical ceremonies, completed in 2003.
Definition of Stockhausen, Karlheinz in US English:
Stockhausen, Karlheinz
proper nounˈstäkˌhouzən
(1928–2007), German composer, an important avant-garde composer and exponent of serialism.