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Gottfried Michael Koenig

German-born composer Gottfried Michael Koenig rose to prominence - after a grounding in church music, composition, acoustics and computer techniques - in the field of electronic composition. While working at West German Radio (WDR) from the mid-1950's he developed his own techniques. From 1954 to 1964 he worked at the Studio for Electronic Music of the WDR Cologne and from 1964 to 1986 he was director of the Institute for Sonology at the University of Utrecht

German-born composer Gottfried Michael Koenig rose to prominence - after a grounding in church music, composition, acoustics and computer techniques - in the field of electronic composition. While working at West German Radio (WDR) from the mid-1950's he developed his own techniques. From 1954 to 1964 he worked at the Studio for Electronic Music of the WDR Cologne and from 1964 to 1986 he was director of the Institute for Sonology at the University of Utrecht

Gottfried Michael Koenig
Restocked, reduced price: beautifully prepared overview of Gottfried Michael Koenig's work (including early 60s WDR electronic classics), produced in conjunction by the Instituut of Sonologie and NEAR/Donemus w/ Edition RZ. During the early '60s, Koenig began writing a program -- named simply 'Project 1,' or PR1 -- designed to compose and generate music via the computer; when in 1964 he accepted the position of creative director with the Institute for Sonology in Utrecht, Holland, he took the so…
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