Google Doodle celebrates electronic music composer and German physicist Oskar Sala
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Largely recognised for producing sound effects on a musical instrument called a mixture-trautonium, Sala electrified the world of television, radio, and film with musical pieces
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Born in 1910 in Germany to parents who had a natural talent in music, Sala in his adolescent years began creating compositions and songs for instruments like the violin and piano.
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Sala first heard about a device called the trautonium His life mission became mastering the trautonium and developing it further which inspired his studies in physics and composition at school
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With his education as a composer and an electro-engineer, he created electronic music that set his style apart from others. The mixture-trautonium’s
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The mixture-trautonium’s architecture is so unique that it was capable of playing several sounds or voices simultaneously.”
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Sala also built the Quartett-Trautonium, Concert Trautonium, and the Volkstrautonium. His efforts in electronic music opened the field of subharmonics.
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Sala received several awards for his work — he gave many interviews, met numerous artists and was honoured in radio broadcasts and movies.
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