Editing Daphne Oram (section)

== Written works ==
Throughout her career, Oram lectured on electronic music and studio techniques. Her book ''An Individual Note of Music, Sound and Electronics'' (1971) investigates [[acoustics]] and the history and techniques of electronic music in a philosophical manner. A new edition of the book was published by Anomie Publishing in December 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anomie's autumn/winter 2016–17 brochure now available|url=http://www.anomie-publishing.com/anomies-autumnwinter-2016-17-brochure-now-available/|website=Anomie Publishing|access-date=16 January 2017|archive-date=12 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412211422/http://www.anomie-publishing.com/anomies-autumnwinter-2016-17-brochure-now-available/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Daphne Oram: An Individual Note of Music, Sound and Electronics|last1=Oram|first1=Daphne|last2=Angliss|first2=Sarah|date=2016-12-16|publisher=Anomie Academic|isbn=9781910221112|editor-last=Price|editor-first=Matt|location=London|language=en}}</ref> In the book, Oram characterised her one of her musical machines as a control system that computed the resulting feedback, reflecting the influence of [[cybernetics]], although Oram's commitment to the composer's authorial control set her at odds with the canon of self-generating computer music.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Loughridge |first=Deirdre |date=2021 |title=Daphne Oram: Cyberneticist? |url=https://online.ucpress.edu/res/article-abstract/2/4/503/119564/Daphne-OramCyberneticist?redirectedFrom=fulltext |journal=Resonance |volume=2 |issue=4 |pages=503–522 |doi=10.1525/res.2021.2.4.503 |via=University of California Press}}</ref>

In the late 1970s Oram began a second book, which survives in manuscript, titled ''The Sound of the Past - A Resonating Speculation''. In this manuscript she speculates on archaeological acoustics, and presents a theory suggesting that [[Neolithic]] [[chambered cairn]]s and ancient sites such as [[Stonehenge]] and the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]] were used as acoustic [[resonator]]s. She said that her research suggested that the people of these eras may have possessed acute knowledge about the properties of sound in long-distance communication.<ref name=":0" />