With a special Google Doodle, Google celebrates Oskar Sala's 112th birthday on July 18 by showcasing him composing music and developing new instruments.
With musical pieces such as Rosemary (1959) and The Birds (1962), Sala is widely known for producing sound effects on a musical instrument called a mixture-trautonium.
Who was Oskar Sala?
Who was Oskar Sala?
He began composing and singing for instruments like the violin and piano in his adolescent years after being born in 1910 in Germany to parents who had a natural talent for music.
Sala became fascinated by the tautonym instrument's technology and tonal possibilities when he learned about it for the first time.
According to Google, his life mission was to master tautonym and develop it further, which inspired him to study physics and composition in school.
Sala's mixture-tautonym was his response to this new focus. Composer and engineer, he created electronic music that was distinct from that of other artists.
Due to its unique architecture, the mixture-tautonym was capable of playing several sounds at once."
Additionally, Sala built the Quartett-Trautonium, Concert Trautonium, and Volkstrautonium.
Subharmonics were opened by his work in electronic music. "With his creative energy and dedication, he became a one-man orchestra," it states.
He appeared on a number of radio broadcasts and in movies, gave many interviews, met a variety of artists, and received several awards for his work
The German Museum for Contemporary Technology received his original mixture-tautonym in 1995.
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