Spiel (Stockhausen)

Spiel
Orchestral music by Karlheinz Stockhausen
Catalogue1/4
Composed1952 (1952), revised in stages
DedicationDoris Stockhausen
Performed11 October 1952 (1952-10-11) (abridged)
Movements2

Spiel (Play, or Game) is a two-movement orchestral composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen, written in 1952. Withdrawn by the composer after its first performance, it was later revised and restored to his catalogue of works, where it bears the work-number ¼. The score is dedicated to the composer's first wife, Doris.