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Hugh Le Caine
12+ albums
electronicAvant-Gardecontemporary classicalCanadianexperimental
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Hugh Le Caine, a composer who studied music, particularly piano, and dreamed of applying scientific techniques to the invention of musical instruments. As early as 1937 Le Caine had designed an electronic free reed organ, and in 1945 he began to develop electronic instruments at his home studio in his spare time. His Electronic Sackbut, built at this time, is now recognized to have been the first synthesizer. It featured continuous controls for timbre and a keyboard that was sensitive to both vertical and horizontal pressure, affecting volume and pitch respectively. At least 20 years passed before similar instruments were available commercially. Le Caine was also developing a polyphonic touch sensitive organ and a device to play several tape recordings simultaneously. In 1954 he was permitted to develop these instruments through facilities at NRC. One of his first projects there was the development of the Multi-track (Special Purpose) Tape Recorder, capable of altering the playback speed of several recordings simultaneously, through a keyboard. In 1955 he composed his landmark piece Dripsody for this instrument, using only the sound of the fall of a single drop of water. Several different instruments followed, using varying techniques for generating and controlling sound. He co-operated in the installation of Canada's first electronic music studio (1959, University of Toronto) and another (1964) at McGill University and in 1966 gave the first of many seminars on his subject a
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Dripsody
10,2292Short Presentation Of The 1948 Sackbut: The Sackbut Blues
1,2013Dripsody (1955)
3174Dripsody, 1955
3175Short Presentation of the 1948 Sackbut: The Sackbut Blues, Followed by a Noisome Pestilence
283607 - Dripsody
1917Caine: Dripsody
1878Nocturne (1962)
1749Ninety-Nine Generators
16710Mal Clark Plays the Sackbut
167albums
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Early Gurus Of Electronics
Roots of Electronica Vol. 2, European Avant-Garde, Noise and Experimental Music
An anthology of noise and electronic music vol.3
Introduction To Canadian Music
OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music
Compositions Demonstrations 1946-1974
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Electronic Music Sources Volume 1
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Forbidden Planets Volume 2 - More Music From The Pioneers of Electronic Sound
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OHM+: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music [Disc 1]
An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music / Third A-Chronology 1952-2004
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OHM - The Early Gurus of Electronic Music
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An Anthology Of Noise And Electronic Music Vol.3 (Third-A-Chronology)