Daphne Oram, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Daphne Oram

British composer and electronic musician

Date of Birth: 31-Dec-1925

Place of Birth: Devizes, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 05-Jan-2003

Profession: composer, engineer, electronic musician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Daphne Oram (31 December 1925 – 5 January 2003) was a British composer and electronic musician.
She was one of the first British composers to produce electronic sound, and was a pioneer of musique concrète in the UK.
As a co-founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, she became a central figure in the evolution of electronic music.She was the creator of the Oramics technique for creating electronic sounds using drawn sound.
Besides being a musical innovator, she was the first woman to independently direct and set up a personal electronic music studio, and the first woman to design and construct an electronic musical instrument.