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Chapter 4 Early Electronic Music in Japan. Contents The Sony Tape Recorder and Early Tape Music Establishment of the NHK Studio. Chapter 4 Early Electronic Music in Japan.
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Chapter 4 Early Electronic Music in Japan • Contents • The Sony Tape Recorder and Early Tape Music • Establishment of the NHK Studio
Chapter 4 Early Electronic Music in Japan • Electronic music in Japan was initially inspired by works coming out of the Paris and Cologne studios. This work represented the first infusion of Asian culture into the new genre. • Japanese composers Takemitsu and Shibata anticipated the use of electronics to produce music as early as 1948. Chapter 4
Chapter 4 Early Electronic Music in Japan • In 1951, the Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation—now Sony—provided early tape recorders and studio facilities to composers associated with the Jikken Kobo (Experimental Workshop). • The first completed examples of Japanese tape music were Toraware No Onna (Imprisoned Woman) and Piece B by Akiyama in 1951. Chapter 4
Chapter 4 Early Electronic Music in Japan • The Nippon Hösö Kyökai (NHK) electronic music studio was founded by composers Moroi and Mayuzumi and a coalition of NHK radio producers and engineers in 1954. The studio design and equipment was modeled after the WDR studio in Cologne. • The first wave of Japanese electronic music was largely based on serial composition techniques first tried by German composers including Stockhausen. Chapter 4