Trautonium

Telefunken Volkstrautonium, 1933
(Telefunken Trautonium Ela T 42 (1933–35)) a production version of the Trautonium co-developed by Telefunken, Friedrich Trautwein and Oskar Sala from 1931 onwards.

The Trautonium is an electronic synthesizer invented[1] in 1930[2] by Friedrich Trautwein in Berlin at the Musikhochschule's music and radio lab, the Rundfunkversuchstelle.[3] Soon afterwards Oskar Sala joined him, continuing development until Sala's death in 2002.

  1. ^ "ELECTRICITY, ETHER AND INSTRUMENTS; Some Considerations, Reflections and Inferences Regarding the Modern Cult of Vitamineless Art and the Synthetic Esthetic". New York Times. Sep 6, 1931. p. 90. Retrieved 12 July 2010. "Trautonium," the creation of one Dr. Friedrich Trautwein
  2. ^ Geschichte des Trautoniums: Die Anfänge
  3. ^ Christopher Hailey, Franz Schreker, 1878-1934: a cultural biography. CUP Archive, 1993, pp.232–34. Hindemith and Max Butting were also active there