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Helikopter-Streichquartett
Musical composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Helikopter-Streichquartett (English: Helicopter String Quartet) is one of Karlheinz Stockhausen's best-known pieces, and one of the most complex to perform. It involves a string quartet, four helicopters with pilots, as well as audio and video equipment and technicians. It was first performed and recorded in 1995. Although performable as a self-sufficient piece, it also forms the third scene of the opera Mittwoch aus Licht ("Wednesday from Light").
This article is about the composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen. For the film by Frank Scheffer about this composition, see Helicopter String Quartet.
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