On the threshold of beauty ; Philips and the origins of electronic music in the Netherlands, 1925–1965 ; An der Schwelle zur Schönheit ; Philips und die Anfänge der elektronischen Musik in den Niederlanden 1925–1965

From the outset, Dutch electronic music has found itself in between the two principal European trends in this field, namely the French musique concrète introduced at the French Radio in 1948, and the German elektronische Musik which emerged from 1951 onwards at the Cologne broadcast station. Although electronic music had incidentally been made in Dutch radio studios since 1952, this was not yet in the context of a purpose-built studio as was the case in Germany and France. The first real Dutch studio for electronic music was created only in 1956, and then not by a broadcasting company but, rem... Mehr ...