Elser, 8-channel acousmatic composition.

In the autumn of 1939, the German carpenter Johann Georg Elser, driven by a desire to prevent further

bloodshed, planned and carried out an elaborate assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler at the

Bürgerbräukeller in Munich. Over the course of two months, Elser spent several nights inside the

Bürgerbräukeller, constructing and placing a bomb near the platform from which the dictator was to

deliver a speech. Hitler unexpectedly ended his address at 9:07 p.m., leaving the building 13 minutes

before Elser’s bomb exploded at 9:20 p.m.