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Page (Galleries)Oskar Sala (1910-2002), studied composition with Paul Hindemith in Berlin. He assisted Dr. Friedrich Trautwein in constructing the first Trautonium, and in 1930, together with Hindemith and Rudolph Schmidt, gave the premiere performance of the "Triostucke" for three Trautoniums, composed by Hindemith. In 1931, Sala was the soloist in Hindemith's "Konzertsuck fur Trautonium mit Begleitung des Streichorchesters". His first independant construction was a Radio Trautonium in 1935. Between 1949 and 1952 he succeeded in builing his Mixtur-Trautonium (a development of the original Trautonium) with patents registered in Germany, France and the U.S. In 1958, he created his own electronic studio in Berlin. He wrote numerous electronic compositions there, particularly for radio, films and television. His electronic-sound illustration to Alfred Hitchcock's film "The Birds" became specially well-known.
Essential recordings:
-MY FASCINATING INSTRUMENT
-SUBHARMONISCHE MIXTUREN
-ELEKTRONISCHE IMPRESSIONEN