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Artist:	BADINGS, HENK
Title:	More Electronic Music
Label:	BASTA (NETHERLANDS)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$25.00
Catalog #:	BASTA 9172

"For years we have heard little of the music by Henk Badings, in any case in the Netherlands. That is why the four-CD box set Popular Electronics that was released by Basta Music in 2004, came as such a pleasant surprise. For this overview included a few of the early electronic compositions by Badings: the ballet music 'Kain en Abel,' commissioned by the Holland Festival 1956, 'Evolutionen' from 1958 -- another work for ballet -- and the 'Variations Electroniques, music for an animation film from 1957. Thus these compositions -- that up until now were only known to a handful of collectors and experts -- have been made accessible in the best way possible. Now there is another exemplary release with compositions that Badings realised in the studio of the Philips Research Laboratories. This release not only documents the history of electronic music, but also open up the oeuvre of Henk Badings... Upon his death in 1987, composer Henk Badings (b. 1907) left behind an eclectic oeuvre: symphonies, operas, sonatas, cantatas and compositions for brass bands. He also earned the distinction of having composed what is considered the first electronic music composition in Dutch history, the 'radiophonic opera' 'Orestes' (1954)." Includes 32-page booklet with pictures and detailed notes on each composition.

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