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Oskar Sala (July 18, 1910 - February 26, 2002) was a pioneering composer in the realm of electronic music, known for his innovative use of the Mixtur-Trautonium, an instrument he introduced to the public in 1952. Born in Greiz, Germany, Sala studied under Friedrich Trautwein, the inventor of the Trautonium, and later studied music with Paul Hindemith at the Berlin conservatory. He performed his compositions for Trautonium with the Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Carl Schuricht, in 1940. Throughout the 1940s, Sala focused on film scoring, contributing his talents to numerous classic films. Notably, he worked with Alfred Hitchcock on The Birds (1963), where he successfully convinced the director to utilize his Trautonium-generated sound effects for the film's eerie atmosphere. In 2000, a bilingual biography of Sala, authored by Peter Badge, was published, featuring many photographs, newspaper articles, and a filmography, along with a CD-ROM/AUDIO CD. For more information, a promotional video is available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWta-WQRIjY.

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