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Hugh Davies (composer)

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history, and in 1968 published a catalogue in which he listed - ostensibly - all the works of electronic music ever composed worldwide. It has been argued that, through his research and documentation, Davies characterised electronic music for the first time as a truly international, interdisciplinary
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later wrote that "the live electronics served to extend the music both forwards and backwards (...) Davies helped to loosen what had been, until his arrival, a perhaps too rarified approach". He was also a member of the group Gentle Fire, active from 1968 to 1975, which specialised in the realisation
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as his personal assistant. For two years, he assembled and documented material for Stockhausen's compositions and was a member of his live ensemble.
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Mooney, James. 2016. "Technology, Process and Musical Personality in the Music of Stockhausen, Hugh Davies and Gentle Fire". In
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A concert of music composed by, or related to the work of, Hugh Davies, with a pre-concert talk by Dr James Mooney
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The Hugh Davies Collection: live electronic music and self-built electro-acoustic musical instruments, 1967–1975
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Davies invented musical instruments that he constructed from household items. Among them was the
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Repertoire International des Musiques Electroacoustiques/International Electronic Music Catalog
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From the 1960s onwards Davies made very significant contributions to the documentation of
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Roberts, David (2001). "Davies, Hugh (Seymour)". In Stanley Sadie; John Tyrrell (eds.).
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Emmerson, Simon (1991). "Live Electronic Music in Britain: Three Case Studies".
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Davies, Hugh (2001). "Gentle Fire: An Early Approach to Live Electronic Music".
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Black and white photograph of Hugh Davies with Shozyg I Uher mixer and clarinet
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Davies was the founder and first Director of the Electronic Music Studios at
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Davies had been a part-time Researcher and Lecturer in Sonic Art at the
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from 1968 to 1986 and was subsequently a researcher there until 1991.
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by Hugh Davies, 1981, Electronic Music for Schools" Richard Orton ed.
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The Musical Legacy of Karlheinz Stockhausen: Looking Back and Forward
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by Hugh Davies, from "Echoes: The Images of Sound" Het Apollohuis.
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Roberts, David (1984). "Shozyg". In Stanley Sadie (ed.).
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Making and Performing Simple Electroacoustic Instruments
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Not Necessarily English Music, Leonardo Music Journal,
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musicologist
experimental musical instruments
Exmouth, Devon
Westminster School
Worcester College
Oxford
Cologne
Karlheinz Stockhausen
The Music Improvisation Company
Derek Bailey
indeterminate
mobile scores
intuitive-music compositions
Aus den sieben Tagen
electronic music
Artist Placement Group
Goldsmiths, University of London
Spirit Of Eden
Talk Talk
Centre for Electronic Arts
Middlesex University
Derek Bailey
Evan Parker
Jamie Muir
The Music Improvisation Company
The Music Improvisation Company 1968–1971
ISBN
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