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	Sonic Arts Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Daphne Oram, a pioneer of electronic music in Britain, died on January 5th 2003, aged 77.
		Born in Devizes, Wiltshire, on December 31st 1925, Daphne Oram was educated at Sherborne School for Girls, and studied piano, organ and composition privately.
		Oram began work on a digital equivalent as soon as it became practicable, once desktop microcomputers with sufficient capabilities became available.
	www.sonicartsnetwork.org /Oram/oram.html (2574 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Daphne Oram, the unsung pioneer of techno
		In January 1961, as a schoolboy, I attended a lecture Daphne gave at the Mermaid Theatre in London, and was able to pass on greetings from a colleague of hers in Canada whom I had had the good fortune to meet a few months before.
		Like all pioneers, Daphne never knew what she couldn't achieve because she was inventing everything as she went along: not only an original artform but, as we know, some original machinery to create the sounds themselves.
		Daphne Oram's works should be recognised alongside those of Edgard Varese, Oscar Sala, Louis and Bebe Barron, Iannis Xenakis, and Olivier Messiaen.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/2669735.stm (2475 words)

	Guardian \| Daphne Oram
		By 1956, Oram's attempts to convince the BBC of the value of electronic music and musique concréte were bearing fruit.
		My first contact with Oram was in 1961, while I was a music student, when she generously invited me and a friend to stay for a weekend; it was my first experience of working in an electronic music studio.
		Oram never married; she is survived by her two brothers.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4590359-103684,00.html (619 words)

	Oramics by Daphne Oram
		The technique of Oramics was developed by Daphne Oram, who was an electronic composer working at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in England from 1959 onwards.
		The attraction of this technique was a direct relation of a graphic image to the audio signal and even though the system was monophonic the flexibility of control over the nuances of sound production was unmatched in all but the most sophisticated analogue voltage controlled synthesisers.
		Daphne Oram continued to use the process throughout the sixties, producing work for film and theatre including; "Rockets in Ursa Major"(1962), "Hamlet"(1963) and "Purple Dust" (1964).
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio3/cutandsplice/oramics.shtml (162 words)

	Expert About da:Daphne
		Daphne Deckers heeft in het voorjaar van 2003 het programma "101 vrouwen" bij RTL4 gepresenteerd.
		Daphne is located in Baldwin County, Alabama on the eastern shoreline of Mobile Bay just off I-10: 11 miles east of Mobile, 45 miles west of Pensacola, Florida and 150 miles southwest of Montgomery, the State Capital.
		It seems that Daphne, a native paradise shelduck with bright orange-chestnut feathers, had flown 5km from the Tiritiri Matangi Island wildlife sanctuary, with her lifelong mate to moult at a man-made lake at the country club.
	www.expertsite.biz /dir/da/Daphne.htm (1637 words)

	[Introspective] Radiophonic workshop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Fans of Radiophonic from Nightlife may be interested in this article: Daphne Oram, the unsung pioneer of techno Daphne Oram at the controls in the 50s By Giles Wilson BBC News Online Almost un-noticed by the wider world, one of the pioneers of electronic music has died.
		If the live performance was interrupted, then unbeknown to listeners, she was to flick a switch to start broadcasting the recording at the exact point the live broadcast left off.
		Hear Daphne Oram's music - and her explanation of how she made it (1972) Martin Cook, a friend of nearly 50 years, says the credit for founding the workshop rests solely with Daphne Oram.
	www.tcp.com /pipermail/introspective/2003-January/000138.html (889 words)

	BBC Radiophonic Workshop - Sneaknews.com :: Newsleads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		However, it has been criticised for its policy of not allowing musicians from outside the BBC to use its equipment in its early days, equipment which was some of the most advanced in the country at that time.
		In 1958 Daphne Oram at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop produced a novel synthesizer using her "Oramics" technique, driven by drawings on a 35mm film strip.
		Daphne Oram (December 31, 1925 - January 5, 2003), inventor of the "Oramics" synthesizer
	www.sneaknews.com /econtents/bb/BBC_Radiophonic_Workshop.html (292 words)

	EMF Institute: Oramics
		In London in 1962, Daphne Oram designed and built the Oramics Graphic System, allowing composers to specify sounds by drawing shapes on multiple strips of 35-millimeter transparent film.
		The film was then illuminated from above and passed over a cluster of photocells that measured changes in the intensity of light on the film and controlled a synthesizer accordingly.
		Oram said: "I visualize the composer learning an alphabet of symbols...
	emfinstitute.emf.org /exhibits/oramics.html (82 words)

	daphne found by findoz.com
		Daphne Hotel is situated in the Nightgales valley of Agios Konstantinos,the nicest area of Samos island...
		Daphne was born in 1907, grand-daughter of the brilliant artist and writer...
		The story of Daphne is an example of an etiological myth, one that is strongly explanatory of why certain things in their culture were a certain way.
	www.findoz.com /australia/d/daphne/readme.htm (1274 words)

	Daphne - DAPHNE - Centre for Applied Ecology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Daphne is located on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay in Alabama on the beautiful Gulf Coast.
		Daphne Marlatt (née Buckle) was born in Melbourne Australia in 1942.
		Daphne prayed to the river god Peneus to help her and he changed her into a Daphne Broon is a character in the Scottish cartoon strip The Broons.
	centrepages.com /?q=daphne (486 words)

	Keys Corner: Daphne Oram, founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
		Daphne Oram, founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
		I had never heard of Daphne Oram until I read an article on the BBC UK website today.
		She was the driving force who pushed the BBC to set up the Radiophonic Workshop, which is probably best known for it's involvement in creating the sound effects for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
	www.keyscorner.com /archives/000038.php (161 words)

	Daphne Oram -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Daphne Oram -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Daphne Oram (December 31 1925 - January 5 2003), pioneering British composer and (Click link for more info and facts about electronic music) electronic musician.
		In 1958, at the (Click link for more info and facts about BBC Radiophonic Workshop) BBC Radiophonic Workshop, she produced a novel (Click link for more info and facts about music synthesizer) music synthesizer using her "Oramics" technique.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/da/daphne_oram.htm (136 words)

	ORAM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Search the ORAM Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available).
		Search the ORAM Family Resource Center at RootsWeb.com (if available).
		Find graves of people named ORAM at Find-a-Grave.com (or add one that you know).
	www.worldhistory.com /surname/US/O/ORAM.htm (73 words)

	Cyndustries - Modular Analog Synthesizers
		(The method Ms Oram seems to have settled on was using fl insulating tape, cut into the required shape with scissors - but fl ink applied with a brush was another, more immediately aesthetic method.) Underneath this section were the motor and massive tube amplifiers.
		Next to this (and perhaps a later addition) was an extremely heavy section with what seems to be a primitive multi-tracking system, using several tracks of 35mm magnetic stock.
		In 'An Individual Note', Ms Oram has a photo of her studio, and this cupboard is some way from the main unit, and at an angle.
	www.cyndustries.com /Daphne.cfm (1019 words)

	Oram's technique \| MetaFilter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Daphne Oram, Godmother of Electronic Music • During WWII, Ms.
		Oram worked for the BBC as a sound engineer while indulging an obsessive curiousity of experimental audio in her free time.
		In 1958, she finally convinced the BBC to open the seminal Radiophonic Workshop, which also fostered the talents of sci-fi composers Delia Derbyshire and Ron Grainer.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/28587 (503 words)

	birdhouse.org: Daphne Oram (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The beeb is running a piece on the virtually unknown pioneer of electronic music and soundscapes Daphne Oram, who hooked up with BBC radio in the early 1940s and immediately began finding creative ways to hook up tape decks and other equipment to create sounds no one had ever heard before.
		Her job eventually brought her into contact with modernist / experimental composers Karlheinz Stockhausen and John Cage.
		Later, Oram pushed the envelope of the audio-visual bridge with "Oramics" :
	www.birdhouse.org /blog/archives/2003/01/daphne_oram.php (254 words)

	BBC - Experimental Review - Various Artists, An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music 1936-2003
		Much of it's previously unreleased; IDM heads are sure to be hunting this down for the Autechre track alone, but they'd be daft to miss the more historically inclined material here.
		Relatively well known names like Luc Ferrari, Percy Grainger, Vladimir Ussachevsky and Morton Subotnick (with a 1962 piece entitled "Mandolin") are all present, but there's intriguing music from more neglected figures (unsurprisingly they're women), namely Radiophonic Workshop founder Daphne Oram and composer Johanna M Beyer (1888-1944).
		Like Delia Derbyshire, Oram was a pioneer whose work remained ignored for much of her life; as a result it's hard to say how influential she actually was, but there's no doubt that "Four Aspects" sounds much younger than its 43 years.
	www.bbc.co.uk /music/experimental/reviews/variart_anthology.shtml (667 words)

	eBay.co.uk - daphne, Fiction Books, Non-Fiction Books, Audio Books items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Daphne Sheer Back Hand Beaded Wedding Dress 10 White
		The flight of the falcon by Daphne Du Maurier 1965
		daphne du Maurier FRENCHMAN'S CREEK 1st thus Penguin
	music.search.ebay.co.uk /daphne_Records_W0QQfcclZ1QQfclZ4QQfmcZ1QQfs... (274 words)

	KVR : Forum Archive - Daphne Oram dies, and there are no women in music ?? \| KVRFA4
		KVR : Forum Archive - Daphne Oram dies, and there are no women in music ??
		Wow she must have so modest in life, i've never heard of her before.
		Thank you for this story bluey.I am renewed in my passion for electronic music by the devotion she showed.What a shame that is it her death that brings her story to life.
	www.kvraudio.com /forum/archive/everything_else/2003-01/13842.php (280 words)

	Barbelith Underground > Radio & Music > Early Electronica & The BBC Radiophonic Workshop
		I had heard of Oram, through asking friends where they got their amazing samples from.
		But popping in to say that the British Library has a fantastic collection of this kind of stuff, according to chats I've had with staff/flicks through their catalogue, if anyone wants to hear it.
		I'm old enough to remember having the willies put right up me by some exceptionally freaky plays on Radio 4 in the 70s and early 80s, which seemed to consist of 2% dialogue and 98% Radiophonic atmos.
	www.barbelith.com /topic/10734 (1540 words)

	Submit Response: Music Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Oram died in 2003, two years after Derbyshire, and was instrumental in the formation of the BBC’s Radiophonics Workshop.
		When morning came, she would disassemble it.” See also the late Hugh Davies’ Daphne Oram: Tribute to a Pioneer on the Sonic Arts Network.
		Oram’s great innovation was the Oramics system, an early machine for converting imagery into musical compositions, using 35mm film and light-sensitive sensors.
	www.submitresponse.co.uk /archives/cat_music.php (8471 words)

	[Exotica] BBC / Daphne Oram
		Daphne Oram's book 'an individual note' (thanks for the head up, barking, absolutely barking book) lists a discography of Record Listen Move and Dance (for schools) Electronic Sound Patterns HMV 7EG 8762 I asssume that this is only one record and she didn't have anything else released though the book was published in 1972.
		As was pointed out she left the BBC workshop in '59 (and there was me thinking it only came into existence in '63) but I think she did commissions with them afterwards.
		> > >'Moving percussion and Electronic sound pictures' it > > >was composed by Vera gray and Desmond briscoe > > This record was Volume 4 of the "Listen, Move and Dance" series; I believe > > Daphne Oram was involved with one or more of the first three volumes.
	mailman.xmission.com /pipermail/exotica/2002-May/003882.html (535 words)

	Soliloquy - Thea Musgrave, composer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Written for Siegfried Behrend; tape (available for hire) in collaboration with Daphne Oram
		In the Soliloquy, the tape and solo guitar are closely integrated, not only compositionally, but also the source material for the tape (though subsequently treated electronically) is made entirely from the guitar.
		The electronic tape was made in collaboration with Daphne Oram in her studio near London.
	theamusgrave.com /html/soliloquy.html (75 words)

	Radiant silvergun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The BBC Radiophonic workshop began in 1958 providing Musique Concerete material for radio dramas.
		The department was formed when senor studio manager Desmond Briscoe and music studio manager Daphne Oram agreed upon the need "for something other than normal orchestral incidental music;” Daphne Oram also invented the Oramics technique a process of drawing patterns on 35mm film to produce sound.
		If anyone has any more Radiophonic mp3s to share please drop me a line.
	kontakt101.blogspot.com (647 words)

	The Icon Bar forums: Daphne Oram dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Icon Bar forums: Sounds: Daphne Oram dies
		My attention was drawn to the mention of some of Ms Oram's material (potentially) being on RISC OS floppies.
		I wonder if a retrieval operation might be an interesting challenge?
	www.iconbar.com /forums/viewthread.php?threadid=2686 (260 words)

	Find in a Library: Not necessarily "English music" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Find in a Library: Not necessarily "English music"
		by David Toop; Frank Perry; Frank Perry; Max Eastley; Michael Parsons; Daphne Oram; Hugh Davies; Robert Worby; Lol Coxhill; Evan Parker; John Stevens; Steve Beresford; Steve Beresford; Cornelius Cardew; Ron Geesin; Ranulph Glanville; Derek Bailey; Mike Cooper; AMM Group of London (Musical group); Intermodulation (Musical group).
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	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/a079e24098ffadc4a19afeb4da09e526.html (83 words)

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