Gruppen (German: Groups) for three orchestras (1955–57) is amongst the best-known compositions of German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, and is Work Number 6 in the composer's catalog of works. Gruppen is "a landmark in 20th-century music . . . probably the first work of the post-war generation of composers in which technique and imagination combine on the highest level to produce an undisputable masterpiece" (Smalley 1967, 794).
Date of composition | 1957 (1955-1957) |
Premiered | 1958, March 24th (Rheinsaal of the Kölner Messe) in Cologne, Germany |
Tonality | Twelve-tone |
Catalogue | Nr. 6 |
Approx. duration | 25 minutes |
Instruments | 3x Orchestra |
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