Staying with Oskar Sala [#2] - Studio Berlin Heerstrasse - 1997

Note: English & German subtitles provided. Utilize "Subtitles/CC".
Second part of a visit to German musician, composer, physicist and electronics engineer Oskar Sala (*18 July 1910 † 26 February 2002) on 28 January 1997. The creator of the famous "Mixtur-Trautonium" works and composes in his studio for electronic music in Berlin, Heerstrasse. Among aged tape recorders, effects units and customised audio-equipment, Sala addresses himself to the newly constructed Semiconductor Mixtur-Trautonium (1988), which has been built after his construction ideas by a team of professors and students of the former "Fachhochschule der Deutschen Bundespost Berlin".
[see also: mixtur-trautonium.de/]
In this episode Oskar Sala talks on
▪ playing the Mixtur-Trautonium
▪ the significance of his patented "Einsatzwiderstand" [equivalent resistor]
▪ constant and lifelong practising
▪ musical limitations because of 12 tones
▪ the subharmonic phenomenon
▪ the loneliness of the musician
▪ the lack of offspring for his art
▪ the Bayreuth Festival and the reliability of private power generation
▪ construction & modification of the "Halbleiter-Trautonium"
▪ the main difference between a Concert- and Semiconductor Mixtur-Trautonium
▪ the peculiar string manual that should never be chanced
▪ his early radio show "Music on the Trautonium" ["Musik auf dem Trautonium"]
▪ classical pieces which he no longer can play today
Names mentioned:
▪ Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt (1901-1988) musicologist, writer on music, composer
▪ Hermann Diener (1897-1955) director of the chamber orchestra Collegium Musicum in Berlin, violin virtuoso, conductor, music educator
▪ Herbert Jäger (1902-1958) radio presenter ["Allerlei von 2 bis 3", Sundries from 2 until 3], pianist, organist, composer, arranger, orchestra leader
▪ Hans Knappertsbusch (1888-1965) conductor, teacher, general music director
▪ Wieland Adolf Gottfried Wagner (1917-1966) opera director, stage designer
▪ Wolfgang Manfred Martin Wagner (1919-2010) opera director, stage designer
▪ Carl Orff (1895-1982) composer, music educator, conductor
▪ Harald Genzmer (1909-2007) composer, music editor, music educator, conductor

[@GMS267]

It's interesting to hear these stories of the past, one is baffled by how he coped with the workload of performances while still developing the instrument in those early days.

[@gmodunes]

This is most excellent! Thank you for posting this.

[@susmitnimbhorkar903]

Amazing Video thank you soo much for posting these kind of educational video .

[@ltsaudio6390]

Very interesting instrument. If they had these I would get one!

[@TallerdelSebaRehbein]

Amazing!!! greetings from 🇨🇱

[@FUNKINETIK]

I wonder if Oskar and Gorgio Moroder ever met up?
P E A C E : )

[@neonwind]

Thank you very much for uploading these wonderful insights into the Oskar Sala.

[@Audionautas]

Amazing video. Greetings Mr. Trautonist!!!

[@Trautonist]

Audionautas Hi Pablo! Greetings back from north to south. Hope you're doing fine. :)

[@Audionautas]

Hi Trautonist. Next Tuesday I will give a lecture about the story and evolution of the Theremin, Ondes Martenot and Trautonium here in Palma. A really difficult task in one hour only, but I hope to succeed. It will include a lot of videos and pictures. I'll tell you how it was by email soon. Greetings!!!

[@thePOLYGIRL]

Wow, thats great !
Another part to have a look inside of Oskar Sala's amazing Trautonium World.
Polyhugs

[@Ballsarama]

Sala is always very interesting. Will there ever be a CD release of the "Five Improvisations On Magnetic Tape" that was done in the '60's?

[@ranggaaji8108]

Trautonium was interesting! anyone know any documentation/website/book/pdf which talking about how to compose for it?

[@mannibimmel09]

sound ))

[@NillesFactory]

wann spielt er???!!?!