A film about Electronic Music

Now that the computer has invaded the world of music composition, the traditional music lover feels a growing sense of threat. Unnatural, he says, mechanical. You wouldn't catch Mozart working with computers and tape recorders - or would you? Perhaps the essential problems of the composer don't really change from one age to another. After all, the piano, too, is mechanical, and an electronic valve is no more 'unnatural' than a violin - both are man-made.
This summer the Society for the Promotion of New Music has started work on setting up a National Electronic Music Studio. This programme explains what Electronic Music is about and tries to dispel some of the misconceptions about that computer.
With Karlheinz Stockhausen and Tristram Cary, Justin Connolly, Brian Dennis, Ernest Hart, Daphne Oram, Peter Zinovieff
BBC Radiophonic Workshop: Desmond Briscoe, John Baker, David Cain
Jane Manning (soprano), Judith Pearce (flute), Pauline Scott (violin), Howard Fletcher (organ), The World of Oz, Boys of Shoreditch School
(Colour)