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Digital Sheet Music [PDF]: ScoreTombeau de Clément Ader : [eScore] / Paul Clift.by Paul Clift (2020)
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At the dawn of the Great War, the French army
tasked engineer Clément Ader (1841-1925) with the design and
construction of a prototype of a warplane that could be mass
produced, with the goal of establishing the country's first air
force. The result-constructed primarily from wood and leather,
and in the shape of an enormous bat with wings that flapped
(driven by a stem engine)-was a spectacular failure, achieving
altitudes of less that one meter and flight times of less than
one minute before shaking itself into pieces. However, long
before this professional humiliation, the engineer created
something genuinely revolutionary, the importance of which can
hardly be overstated. His "théatrophone" (1881), the first
stereophonic audio device, made it possible to broadcast left and
right audio channels in a location remote from the sound source.
It was notably used for live transmissions from the Comédie
Française to the Paris Electrical Exhibition (a distance of
around two kilometres). Despite its historical significance, Ader
received little acknowledgment for his invention, and his name
remains associated with failure, at the highest level, in the
field of engineering.
This work is a hommage to the perfectly
dualistic nature of this remarkable person, Clément Ader.
Published by: Australian Music Centre — 1 digital (PDF) facsimile score (47p. -- B4 (portrait))
Difficulty: Advanced
Duration: 10 min.
Typeset edition.
This edition produced 6 May 21.
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