Google is celebrating German physicist and electronic music composer Oskar Sala's 112th birthday through a Doodle.
The Trautonium is an electronic synthesiser invented by German musicologist Friedrich Trautwein in 1930.
Sala was fascinated by music from a tender age. Sala's subharmonic generator system is the most original contribution to the actual sound generating abilities of the instrument.
Sala started writing songs and composing them using instruments such as the violin and piano at age 14.
Sala became fascinated by the tonal possibilities and the technology offered by the Trautonium.
Sala, with his dedication and creative energy, became a one-man orchestra. He also received several awards for his work.
Sala then dedicated his life to mastering the Trautonium and developing it further.
Sala built other musical instruments namely the Quartett-Trautonium, Concert Trautonium, and the Volkstrautonium.
Sala's efforts in electronic music opened the field of subharmonics, the undertone series in music resulting from inverting the intervals of the overtone series.
Sala then dedicated his life to mastering the Trautonium and developing it further.
Oskar Sala joined Trautwein soon afterwards. They continued development of the Trautonium until Sala's death in 2002.