Karel Appel Composer

In 1960 Utrecht University took over the Studio for Electronic Music from Philips In this studio in Utrecht composers and artists worked on their own compositions In 1961 Jan Vrijman made a film about Karel Appel De werkelijkheid van Karel Appel and Appel himself made a musical composition for this film in the studio in Utrecht Van der Elsken films and photographs Appel during the composition of his Musique Barbare as well as recording conversations on tape the film is in fact a kind of collage of film photographs and sound As well as an exceptional record of Karel Appels working process this film is a unique documentation of the studio and therefore a significant piece of Dutch musical history