Halim El-Dabh has passed away.

pyrosonic · Joined: Jul 12, 2008 Posts: 383 Location: Kent,Oh. USA

It is with great sadness that I announce that my friend and colleague, electronic music pioneer, composer and educator, Halim El-Dabh has passed away peacefully at the age of 96 at his home in Kent, Ohio on the 2nd of September 2017.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halim_El-Dabh

http://www.halimeldabh.com

mosc · Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 1:36 pm Post subject:

I'm very sorry to hear of the death of your friend. Like Dylan says, it's like a corkscrew through the heart.

I had not heard of Halim El-Dabh. I did a search on Apple Music where there are several of his compositions, mostly in anthologies. There is even a piece he composed on wire recorder, which I think was recorded in 1943. This is certainly one for the very first, if not the first, musique concrete or "tape music" works. I have never heard a transcription of any music on wire recorder. He also did a nice piece at the Columbia Electronic Music Center.

All of his recordings I came across are well worth listening to.