A Relevant Historical Read

I entitled my blog "A Relevant Historical Read" because of one line in the piece the states, " The time has come for the technologist to see that composers are not merely music makers, or art makers, who think that there products have to measure up to an established standard of culture and who are eager to call them merchandise and sell them". This article was written in the 70's and the concept still applies today. It is a very important thought for any artist and emerging technology, especially in this day and age where technology is king. We as VJ's, DJ's, artist and so forth, can all be linked together through technology and embrace Brun's idea of the broaden composers title.

I think its incredible how even though this article was written over 40 years ago, reads like it was written yesterday. Possibly because technology has not stop advancing since the time it was written. Regardless of the brief mention of vacuum tubes and transistors, the article focuses on not the tech or composer but them being beneficial to one another. And even I on occasion have lost track of this idea.

I had no idea was a Teleharmonium was so I did a little research and found that its basically a giant electronic keyboard.


The Teleharmonium weighed 7 tons and the instrument was noted for its ability to reproduce the sounds of common orchestral woodwind instruments such as the flute, bassoon, clarinet, and also the cello.