As per Information, The brilliant electronic music composer and German physicist Oskar Sala marked his 112th birthday with a Google doodle. Oskar Sala is renowned for inventing and mastering the mixture-trautonium, which gave radio, television, and film a distinctive sound.
According to Google Doodle he was “Recognized for producing sound effects on a musical instrument called a mixture-trautonium, Salas electrified the world of television, radio and film”.
Oskar Sala, the father of electronic music, was born in Greiz Germany, in the year 1910. His mother was a Singer, and his father was an Ophthalmologist with musical talent, is said to have immersed him in music from an early age. The musical prodigy began writing songs and tunes on instruments including the piano and violin at the age of 14.
“When Sala first heard a device called the trautonium, he became fascinated by the tonal possibilities and the technology the instrument offered”. It seems that his life’s work was to perfect trautonium, leaving a lasting legacy, and further improving it, which motivated his education in physics and composing.
This changed emphasis inspired Sala to create his own instrument, the mixture-trautonium. With his training as an electro-engineer and composer, he produced electronic music that distinguished his style from others. Due to the construction of the mixture-trautonium, multiple sounds or voices might be played at once.
It’s important to remember that Oskar Sala wrote songs and sound effects from behind the doors of a music studio for several radio, television, and film productions. “The Birds and Rosemary from 1959 are two well-known films in 1962.”
Oskar Sala won multiple accolades for his work because of an instrument that, in an interesting way, produced sounds that sounded just like bird screams, pounding, and slamming doors and windows. As he continued to conduct interviews, meet other artists, and receive recognition in movies and radio shows, Oskar Sala rose to prominence.
In 1995, Oskar Sala reportedly developed the “Quartett-Trautonium, Concert Trautonium, and Volkstrautonium” in addition to donating his original combination to the German Museum for Modern Technology. His work in electronic music helped to establish the subharmonics field. He transformed into a one-man symphony because to his commitment and inventiveness.
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