Henk Badings, b. Bandoeng 17.1.1907, d. Maarheze 26.6.1987.

Badings studied engineering in Delft where he worked as a teacher of palaeonthology until 1932.

After various jobs as a teacher of composition in Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague and Stuttgart he worked as a free-lance composer.

In 1950 he became an associate member of the Académie Royale de Belgique.

From 1951 he concentrated on the 31-note scale.

From 1961 he was teacher of acoustics at the Utrecht Rijksuniversiteit and from 1962 professor of composition at the Stuttgart Conservatory.