text: Karlheinz Stockhausen, composer, dies aged 79
  
  December 7, 2007 
  
  The German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, a pioneer of electronic music among major contemporary musicians, died on December 5. The German foundation, named in his honor, announced today, Stockhausen passed away in his Kürten home in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. 
  A prolific composer, he wrote more than 300 works during his career, establishing himself as a pioneer of electronic music, as well as a representative of serialism. "Studie I", dated 1953, is considered one of the first electronic music works ever produced. 
  Born in Mödrath, Germany, in 1927, he was the son of a mother from a wealthy family and a father who was a teacher. He grew up in Altenberg, where he started taking piano lessons. He studied piano and music pedagogy at the "Musikhochschule" in Cologne. It was at University of Cologne, he later studied musicology, philosophy and Germanics.
tokens: Karlheinz Stockhausen , composer , dies aged 79 December 7 , 2007 The German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen , a pioneer of electronic music among major contemporary musicians , died on December 5 . The German foundation , named in his honor , announced today , Stockhausen passed away in his Kürten home in North Rhine - Westphalia , Germany . A prolific composer , he wrote more than 300 works during his career , establishing himself as a pioneer of electronic music , as well as a representative of serialism . " Studie I " , dated 1953 , is considered one of the first electronic music works ever produced . Born in Mödrath , Germany , in 1927 , he was the son of a mother from a wealthy family and a father who was a teacher . He grew up in Altenberg , where he started taking piano lessons . He studied piano and music pedagogy at the " Musikhochschule " in Cologne . It was at University of Cologne , he later studied musicology , philosophy and Germanics .
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