It's 66 years since the foundation of "The Studio for Electronic Music".
Google celebrated this milestone with a Google Doodle.
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The doodle is created by Berlin-based illustrator Henning Wagenbreth.
The studio was established in the old WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) building in Cologne on the 18th Oct, 1951. The WDR was a West German Broardcaster. Though closed in 2000, it is now regarded as the first modern Electronic Music Studio.
The BBC Radiophonic Workshop was founded in 1958 and the San Francisco Tape Music Center was founded in 1962.
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The composers Werner Meyer-Eppler, Robert Beyer, and Herbert Eimert were instrumental in its foundation.
The studio welcomed musicians from all over the world. Karlheinz Stockhausen was one of the studios artistic directors.
Herbert Eimert retired in 1962. Eimert was officially succeeded as director of the studio by Karlheinz Stockhausen in 1963.
Other instruments used in the studio included some from the following manufacturers:
Google celebrated this milestone with a Google Doodle.
The studio was established in the old WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) building in Cologne on the 18th Oct, 1951. The WDR was a West German Broardcaster. Though closed in 2000, it is now regarded as the first modern Electronic Music Studio.
The BBC Radiophonic Workshop was founded in 1958 and the San Francisco Tape Music Center was founded in 1962.
The composers Werner Meyer-Eppler, Robert Beyer, and Herbert Eimert were instrumental in its foundation.
The studio welcomed musicians from all over the world. Karlheinz Stockhausen was one of the studios artistic directors.
.What instruments they used in the early years remains unclear.
(please email me if you have any info regarding this)
These were days before the concept of voltage control was in wide use.
Some of the early instruments used included a Monochord and Melochord.
There are desriptions of "the sine-wave generator", "noise generator", and "pulse generator".
These early instruments had to be operated manually.
It seems they had a Synthi 100 back in 1973.
.Other instruments used in the studio included some from the following manufacturers:
- ARP synthesizers
- Buchla Electronic Musical Instruments
- Electronic Music Studios
- Hammond organ
- Laser harp
- Korg
- Moog synthesizers
- Oberheim Electronics
- Ondes Martenot
- RCA Mark II
- Roland
- Sequential Circuits
- Telharmonium
- Theremin
- Trautonium
- Yamaha
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