Eric Siday
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Eric Siday (1 November 1905 – 26 March 1976) was a British-American composer and musician. While most commonly known for his pioneering work in electroacoustic music, his early career was that of a hot-jazz violinist in the London dance bands in the Roaring ’20s, including Ray Starita's Piccadilly Revels. As a young violinist, his improvised soloing style was advanced for the time. He played with a modern chromatic style, verging on atonal, often incorporating multi-stops, playing up to four notes in harmony on the violin simultaneously using multiple fingers.
In 1939, he emigrated to the United States.
He was the first composer to systematically use electro-acoustic sound potential within the television medium, particularly with his invention of the sound logo and the Musical Rorschach test. His Maxwell House "Percolator" TV commercial was one of these first innovations. He commissioned Robert Moog to create the first percussion synthesizer, which he used extensively in his television work. Among his other contributions to the use of electro-acoustic music in television were numerous station IDs and commercials, including that of the National Educational Television network (the forerunner to PBS), the 1966 CBS "in color" bumper, the news sounder for the ABC Radio Networks, and the 1965–1976 Screen Gems/Columbia Pictures Television logos.
Throughout his life, Siday was an educator, creating many radio broadcasts about the nature of the so-called new music and new sound. In addition to his large commercial repertoire, he composed a number of extended works, both traditional and experimental. In the years before his death, he devoted considerable effort to exploring new ways in which to use electro-acoustic music in the building of special sound environments. Use of new music through practical design concepts was his forte.
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- Shoot The Schubert to Me Hubert - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- Snappy Strings - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- Contact - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- Tempete Sur Les Chords - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- Am I Blue? - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- On the Beam - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- What's The Use? (De Que Sirve?) - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- Goofus - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- Shiftful - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- Twilight In Turkey - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- That's A Plenty - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- I Love Coffee (Java Jive) - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- Gymnastics - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- Serenade For A Wealthy Widow - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- That's Earl, Brother - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- Tailspin - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- The Chair Song - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- My Blue Heaven - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- Sophisticated Swing - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- Blues for Strings - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- Honeysuckle Rose - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- Take Off - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- La Cinquantaine - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- Little Bandmaster - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- Professor Visits Harlem - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- Ol' Man River - String Jazz Anthology 1933–1958, Vol. 2 - Eric Siday
- Leaky Faucet - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- Ca Me Tracasse (Double Trouble) - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- Tiger Rag - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- Four String Joe - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- Hallelujah! I'm a Bum - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- Countrio - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- Kiddin' on the Strings - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- Liebestraum - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- Polka Dots & Moonbeams - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- Shu-Man - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- Humoresque in Swing Time - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- In The Blue - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- Beebe - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- Mood In Question - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- Strange Harmony - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- Paraphrase (Dinah) - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- Strange Blues - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- Opus III (Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso) - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- Goulash - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- Happy Landing - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- Swinging the Fiddles - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- Fiddle Mambo - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- Le Secret - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- Scherzo-Phrenia - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- Oh, Lady, Be Good - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- Jed and Elme - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
- Oriental Stock Exchange - String Jazz Anthology 1927-1956, Vol. 1 - Eric Siday
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