Serial compositions

thumb|275px|Karlheinz Stockhausens grave with the score to LICHT . Licht (Light), subtitled "Die sieben Tage der Woche" (The Seven Days of the Week), is a cycle of seven operas composed by Karlheinz Stockhausen between 1977 and 2003. The composer described the work as an "eternal spiral" because "there is neither end nor beginning to the week." Licht consists of 29 hours of music.

composition by Pierre Boulez

electronic music work by Karlheinz Stockhausen

thumb|upright=1.4|Dutch Grasshoppers aerobatics team, flying the Aérospatiale Alouette III|Alouette helicopters they used in the world premiere of the Helicopter String Quartet The Helikopter-Streichquartett () 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"),

1958 composition for string orchestra by Witold Lutosławski

Cantata by Luigi Nono

cycle of musical compositions