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For most of human history, musical instruments were strictly mechanical devices. The musician either plucked something, blew into or across something, or banged on something to produce the sounds the ...

Daphne Oram (1925–2003) was one of Britain’s most important early electronic composers. Oram trained first as a pianist and composer and turned down a place at the Royal College of Music to work at ...

Get acquainted with the work of pioneering composer and electronic musician Daphne Oram, co-founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Reinforcing the melancholy aspect of her work, this dark 44-track anthology of work by pioneering British electronic composer Daphne Oram draws from over 400 tapes she left behind after her death in ...

Blood of the Young & Tron Theatre present the world premiere of DAPHNE ORAM'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF SOUND, running Tuesday 9 - Saturday 13 May 2017 (Press Opening on Wednesday 10 May). Focusing on the ...

Daphne Oram, cofounder in 1958 of the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop and namesake of Daphne: A Women's Movement in Dance Music Credit: Paul Downey / Creative Commons In 1957 the BBC commissioned its ...

Forgotten Women is a series dedicated to giving women of history the exposure they deserve. Born in 1925, Daphne Oram went on to change the sound of music forever. Composer and innovator Daphne Oram ...

Although the BBC Radiophonic Workshop is not very well-known, even in a lot of electronic music circles, the work they did was extraordinary, and known or unknown, the Workshop has had an enormous ...

An electronic sequencer and synthesizer has been built based on designs produced over 40 years ago by electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram. The "Mini Oramics" machine is thought to have remained ...