Like all men of true genius, he composed some truly beautiful music and some damnably impenetrable music, but all of it singularly uncompromising and highly original.
Yes, Peace - I too went through the "music not noise" argument with my contemporaries, one which still rages to this day in certain quarters, for although so many weird and wonderful kinds of musical creation are accepted today as music, a large number of Stockhausen's compositions are still "beyond the pale" for many folks. And his influence is more wide-ranging than some will admit.