Mager, Jörg
Mager, Jörg
Mager, Jörg, German music theorist and pioneer in electronic music; b. Eichstätt, Nov. 6,1880; d. Aschaffenburg, April 5, 1939. After completing his univ. studies, he became interested in electronic reproduction of sounds; constructed several instruments capable of producing microtonal intervals by electronic means, which he named Sphärophon, Elektrophon, and Partiturophon; he was also active in visual music for film. He pubi. Vierteltonmusik (Aschaffenburg, 1916) and Eine neue Epoche der Musik durch Radio (Berlin, 1924).
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