[sdiy] Re: [AH] Hugh Davies dies

[Peter Forrest]

That is very sad.  He also wrote nearly all the electronic entries in the 
music bibles - the Grove dictionaries; and was a good friend of Daphne Oram 
of Oramics fame.
That is a real blow.
Peter
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Grenader" <peter at buzzclick-music.com>
To: <analogue at hyperreal.org>
Cc: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 11:45 PM
Subject: [AH] Hugh Davies dies


> Sad news:
>
> Hugh Davies died on the 1st January, 2005. If you're not aware of him, 
> Hugh
> was a pioneer of live electronic music, an inventor of musical 
> instruments,
> a composer, educator, and renowned researcher into the history of 
> electronic
> music. He was also Stockhausen's assistant from 1964 to 1966 and
> participated in the recording of Mikrophonie I in 1965. Other recordings
> included wonderful LPs by Music Improvisation Company and Gentle Fire, and
> his solo albums for FMP and Grob. Anybody involved in live electronics,
> electronic improvisation, hardware hacking, or, come to that, anybody who
> needs a table in order to be able to perform, owes a debt to Hugh.
>
> No doubt a more detailed tribute will appear soon.
>
>