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OHM+: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music : 1948–1980

Music | Animation

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Release Date

January 1, 2005

Duration

145 min

Status

Released

Language

en

Overview

Over two hours of rare performances, interviews, animations, and experimental video. Milton Babbit’s discussion of the difficulties of working with archaic synthesizers in the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in the 1950s and ’60s is a firm reminder of just how foreign electronic sounds were to even the academic community only 40 years ago. Likewise, Paul Lansky’s private lesson with theremin inventor Leon Theremin is an example of how non-user friendly electronic musical instruments could be, even to people who should have the best sense of how to approach them.

Casts

Bebe Barron

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Bebe Barron

Milton Babbitt

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Milton Babbitt

Robert Moog

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Robert Moog

Iannis Xenakis

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Iannis Xenakis

Morton Subotnick

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Morton Subotnick

Clara Rockmore

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Clara Rockmore

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