Das Trautonium: Ein Musikinstrument zwischen Orgel, Synthesizer und Raketencockpit | Capriccio | BR

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"Es ist eine wilde Mischung aus Orgel, Synthesizer und Raketencockpit: Das Trautonium. Seine Erfindung vor rund hundert Jahren war eine Sensation. Heute beherrscht das Instrument weltweit nur noch ein Einziger: Der Münchner Peter Pichler."

Googlish:

"It is a wild mixture of organ, synthesizer and rocket cockpit: the Trautonium. Its invention around a hundred years ago was a sensation. Today, only one person in the world can play the instrument: Peter Pichler from Munich."

WDR Radio Program on Harald Bode October 8

This one in via John Levin:

"Here's the info which was forwarded to me by some of the people involved in producing the program:

'On 10/08/11 at 23.05 European time it´s finally Part two of the Harald Bode story: Westdeutscher Rundfunk 3 Cologne will present "Music Is My Field- Harald Bode: The Art of Engineering and Homestudio Music" It is about traces of his work in different musical styles from the thirties til the eighties, - from "Melodium" melodies to "BarberPolePhaser" sound. And it´s about his own music. If you go to http://www.wdr3.de/open-freiraum/aktuell.html and click "stream"(rechts in der Mitte), you will find the right player for your OS Or: Below stream you will find the "Radiorecorder" ("Stream" and "Radiorecorder" are provided by WDR 3. Sorry I can´t give any support. I recommend "radiorecorder" though for better sound quality.)

Here the announcement by the editor WDR 3 Markus Heuger:
"The story of the inventor of many electronic instruments, one of which was the inspiration for the first Moog Modulars, is also the story of the myth around Electronic sound. In the beginning it was mostly seen as a technological gimmick or miracle, or as a danger for culture itself. Electronic sound since has become an everyday´s part of our musical life. Harald Bode was admidst this evolution. He invented seventeen instruments between 1937 and 1984. You can hear them in academic music of the Fifties, as well as in Disco music of the 80ties. WDR 3 open: FreiRaum presents the witchkitchen of the inventor and "soundpractioner", who lived until 1987. He called his own music "commercial ". His studio and instruments he called "only means ". "What miraculous means!"

Here the announcement by the editor WDR 3 Markus Heuger:
This work was made possible through through support & help by: Peer Bode, Rebekkah Palov, Devin Henry, Andrew Deutsch, Chris McDaniel (Institute of Electronic Arts, Alfred University, Bode Archive/Alfred und Hornell/ USA), Silke Berdux (Deutsches Museum München), Dr Wilhelm Füssl und den Mitarbeitern des Archivs Deutsches Museum Jan Groth, Goethe Schiller Archive Weimar (Germany), Jan Groth, Frau Harting (Bundesarchiv / German State Archiv), Herrn Fritsche und Herrn Rieden (University Bonn), Leslie Bellavance (Dean at School of Art and Design, NYSCC at Alfred University, Alfred USA). Stephan Kühmayer(WAST), Hans-Joachim Maempel (Technical University, Berlin), Gisela Simons (Sound Archive Bayerischer Rundfunk), Elena Ungeheuer (Technical University, Berlin), Thomas Rhea (Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA,USA), Dietmar Schenk und all Co-Workers (Archivs of University of Arts Berlin, Georg und Hanne Steinmeyer (Estey Organ Museum, Brattleboro, VT, USA ), Elena Ungeheuer (Technical University Berlin) Woody and Steina Vasulka (Alburuerque, NM, USA) and the sound archive of Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln.'"

[HQ] - The Twins - Love System - Musikladen Folge 86 - 03.05.1984

YouTube Uploaded by phoenixcosma2 on Nov 30, 2010
via swissdoc. Roland Jupiter-6
"Die Gruppe "The Twins" mit dem Titel "Love System", aus der
Sendung "Musikladen" Folge 86 vom Donnerstag, den 03.05.1984.
Künstlerinfo: http://de.Wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twins_%28Band%29 ++
Quelle: Bayerischer Rundfunk ++ HP: http://www.BR-Online.de ++"

Harald Bode's 100th Birthday

via John Levin:
"October 19th will mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Harald Bode.

Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Radio) is presenting a radio broadcast on Saturday the 17th at 11:00 am GMT/UTC (7:00 am EDT) about his life and work:

http://www.br-online.de/bayern2/radiofeature/harald-bode-melochord-musik-ID1255513211989.xml

Through a friend of a friend, I was sent an English translation about the broadcast:

'Ein Leben für den Klang - Der Erfinder Harald Bode und die Elektronische Musik" ("Living For Sound - The Inventor Harald Bode and the Evolution of Electronic Music") is a radio documentary by Caspar Abocab, which is based on an intense journey through the times and life of a man, who contributed musical devices to the world of electronic sound, as we know it today longer than hardly anybody else. A montage of passages from notebooks, letters, publications and European radio programs from the early fifties documents the struggles and debates about music through electronic means. Also documented are personal struggles including not wanting to be a starving martyr, who couldn´t support his family properly, which finally led to Harald Bode’s immigration to the United States. Besides daytime jobs as a developing engineer, which lead to the introduction of new technologies into electronic instruments, he found the time and energy to develop new instruments, as well as for his own compositions. Even as a retired engineer, he built instruments that were widely used. He was proud and happy to have become a well renowned player in this field again, happy to hear his instruments in popular tunes as well as in avant-garde music. He also continued with his own compositions and also with lectures on the history of electronic music.'

Looks like you can stream the show off Bavarian Radio's web site while it's broadcast. It's an early Saturday rise for those of us on the east coast :) but I think I'll get up to try to catch it.

Cheers, and happy Bode-day!
John"