Kontakte

Kontakte
Electronic music by Karlheinz Stockhausen
The composer in 1957
Catalogue12 · 12½
RelatedOriginale
Composed(and realized) 1958 (1958)–60
DedicationOtto Tomek
Scoringelectronic (12)
  • electronic
  • piano
  • percussion
(12½)

Kontakte (German: [kɔnˈtaktə] , 'contacts') is an electronic music work by Karlheinz Stockhausen, realized in 1958–60 at the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) electronic-music studio in Cologne with the assistance of Gottfried Michael Koenig.[1] The score is Nr. 12 in the composer's catalogue of works, and is dedicated to Otto Tomek [de].