Halim El-Dabh | |
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 Halim El-Dabh at a Cleveland festival in 2009 | |
| Born | Halim Abdul Messieh El-Dabh 4 March 1921 |
| Died | 2 September 2017 (aged 96) |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, musician, musicologist, educator |
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| Children | 3 |
Halim Abdul Messieh El-Dabh (Arabic: حليم عبد المسيح الضبع, Ḥalīm ʻAbd al-Masīḥ al-Ḍabʻ; 4 March 1921 – 2 September 2017) was an Egyptian-American composer, musician, ethnomusicologist, and educator, who had a career spanning six decades. He is particularly known as an early pioneer of electronic music.[1] In 1944 he composed one of the earliest known works of tape music,[2] or musique concrète. From the late 1950s to early 1960s he produced influential work at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center.[3]
- ^ Holmes, Thom (2008). "Early Synthesizers and Experimenters". Electronic and experimental music: technology, music, and culture (3rd ed.). Taylor & Francis. p. 156. ISBN 978-0-415-95781-6. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ^ "The Wire, Volumes 275–280", The Wire, p. 24, 2007, retrieved 5 June 2011
- ^ Holmes, Thom (2008). "Early Synthesizers and Experimenters". Electronic and experimental music: technology, music, and culture (3rd ed.). Taylor & Francis. pp. 153–4 & 156–7. ISBN 978-0-415-95781-6. Retrieved 4 June 2011.