In 1956, Stockhausen composed Gesang der Jünglinge, the primary major work of the Cologne studio, based mostly on a textual content from the Book of Daniel. An important technological development of that 12 months was the invention of the Clavivox synthesizer by Raymond Scott with subassembly by Robert Moog. Musique concrète was introduced to Japan by Toshiro Mayuzumi, who was influenced by a Pierre Schaeffer live performance. From 1952, he composed tape music pieces for a comedy movie, a radio broadcast, and a radio drama. However, Schaeffer’s concept of sound object was not influential among Japanese composers, who were primarily …
