REYNOLD
WEIDENAARREYNOLD
WEIDENAAR
"MAGIC MUSIC FROM THE TELHARMONIUM, THE STORY OF THE FIRST MUSIC SYNTHESIZER"
Magnetic Music Publishing Co.
Highly reccommended. Can something else be said after that? Just in case, we will warn you that Weidenaar, one of the best acquainted with the history of Telharmonium, the amazing 200-ton electric instrument that created numerous musical timbres, has produced a video of an incredible worth for the aficionado. His task to compile information, photographs, everything, contribute to generate a documentary that will take us into the musical particularities of this wonderful machine, developed by Thaddeus Cahill during 1893-1906. All images and dialogue are historically authentic; most of the music selections are known to have been performed on the instrument. However, no known recordings of the Telharmonium exist, so the music was recreated on a Yamaha synthesizer. Reynold Weidenaar was born in the USA in 1945. He studied composition with Donald Erb and Brian Fennelly, and began creating works for moving visuals and music in 1978 on 16mm film. His films and concert videos have received over 80 honors and awards. He has received Guggenheim and Fullbright fellowships in video and an N.E.A. composer fellowship. He is Assistant Professor of Communication at William Paterson University (USA)
J. MUNNSHE
Magnetic Music Publishing Co.
20 Jane Street, Suite 2C
New York, NY 10023-1945
Tel. 212-255-8527
Email: weidenaa@email.njin.net
A history of the instrument in print may be found in Weidenaar's book "Magic Music from the Telharmonium", Scarecrow Press, 1995.
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