Out of Egypt:

stockhausen, ii

Say what you will about Stockhausen's music, his scores are awesome.

Since I first encountered them in high school, I have been fascinated by 20C classical scores as a new form of visual art. I would provide links to some of the scores I have loved; unfortunately, they all seem to be for sale. So I'll just say I especially like the ones with bright colors and triangular swaths of sound. Cliché as it may be to say, Stockhausen was ahead of his time. In the 21C, we all notate sounds, not just notes.