Else Marie Pade

Denmark, 1954–2016

Danish composer (1924-2016), the first in Denmark to write electronic music. A wartime resistance member imprisoned by the Gestapo, she later built works such as Syv Cirkler from tape.

MusicRoots documents 2 artists who influenced Else Marie Pade and 0 artists Else Marie Pade influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced Else Marie Pade?

• Pierre Schaeffer — Pade heard Schaeffer on the radio in 1952, sought him out and studied with him — Denmark's electronic music began with that encounter.
• Karlheinz Stockhausen — Pade attended the Darmstadt courses and absorbed Stockhausen's electronic serialism — the other pole of her tape art.