Harald Bode
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Harald Bode (October 19, 1909 – January 15, 1987) was a German engineer and pioneer in the development of electronic music instruments.
He was born in Hamburg, F.R.G and in 1934, he graduated from the University of Hamburg. Bode pursued further education at Heinrich Hertz Institute of Berlin.[1] Bode worked as a researcher in signal processing and on the development of electronic music instruments at the Heinrich Institute for Oscillation Research at the Technical University of Berlin. In 1954, Bode emigrated to the United States and resumed his research at several companies and as a contractor to German companies. Bode developed the Melochord (later used by Karlheinz Stockhausen and others) in co-operation with the Studio for Electronic Music of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (West German Broadcasting Corporation) and used the new device in musical performances. [2] In 1961, Bode wrote a paper exploring the advantages of newly emerging transistor technology over older vacuum tube devices; his ideas were adopted by Robert Moog, Donald Buchla, and others; in the early 1970s, Bode became chief engineer of the Moog synthesizer company. [2][3] After retiring in 1974, he composed TV-advertising spots and gave live concerts. He died in New York, New York, United States in 1987.
[edit] Accomplishments
Theory, circuits and devices to the sound production and sound figuration. Development and building of monophonic and polyphonic electronic organs and sound molders: The Warbo Formant organ (1937), the Melodium (1938), the Melochord (1947 - 1949). For the apparatus works Bavaria and the Estey organ CO, the USA, originated in the Polychord (1950), the Bodeorgel as basis for Polychord III (1951), the Cembaphon (1951), the Tuttivox (1953) (under license by Jörgensen Elektronic in Duesseldorf one built), the Koncert Clavioline (1953), a new model of the Wurlitzer Electric Piano (1954), voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) (1960) and the Vocoder as part of the Moog Synthesizer (1971). [3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ "In Memoriam" (September 1987). Journal of the Audio Engineering Society (JAES) 35 (9): 741.
- ^ a b The "Melochord" (1947-9) description and history at The Keyboardmuseum Online
- ^ a b Harold Bode's bio at obsolete.com - 120 years of Electronic Music
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| NAME | Bode, Harald |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 19, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg, Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 15, 1987 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | New York, New York, United States |
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