Roberto Gerhard was an early pioneer of electronic music in England. In a cultural climate that was skeptical of the value of electronic music, Gerhard found an audience for his experimental sounds primarily in the production of music for theatre and radio. These pages comprise an essential overview of Gerhard’s electronic music, his approaches and techniques, his relationship to the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, and detailed programme notes for his twenty completed works of electronic music.

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• Gerhard in Context
• Gerhard’s Studio
• BBC Radiophonic Workshop
• Sound Materials
• Methods and Sound Sources
• Morphology, Form & Structure
• Works of Electronic Music
  • The Prisoner (1954)
  • A Leak in the Universe (1955)
  • King Lear (1955)
  • The Unexpected Country (1957)
  • All Aboard (1958)
  • Audiomobiles: Capriccio in the Manner of Goya (1958)
  • Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1958)
  • Asylum Diary (1959)
  • Coriolanus (1959)
  • Lament for the Death of a Bullfighter (1959)
  • Audiomobile No. 3 (1960)
  • Symphony No. 3 (Collages) (1960)
  • Caligula (1961)
  • The Cherry Orchard (1961)
  • The Overcoat (1961)
  • Macbeth (1962)
  • 10 Excerpts from DNA (1963)
  • Audiomobile No. 2: DNA in Reflection (1963)
  • The Anger of Achilles (1963)
  • Claustrophilia (1966)