The first electronic instrument, the theremin, was popularized by 1950s scifi films and the original Star Trek theme song. It has no strings and no keyboard, and was invented in the 1920s. Find out ...
If you've ever heard the eerie electronic music at the beginning of a 1950s science fiction movie (The Day the Earth Stood Still, for example), then you've heard a theremin. Invented in Russia in the ...
Invented by accident in the 1920s, the unusual electronic instrument is hard to master but offers an enticing reward: freedom. Invented by accident in the 1920s, the unusual electronic instrument is ...
It took two years to compile 3.5 hours of theremin music as to present a snapshot of current Theremin composition in celebration of the Theremin's centennial - the passionate support of the Global ...
The theremin permeates most traditions of music now, in both the classical realm via interpreters like Lydia Kavina, and in a contemporary sense, by (among others) Pamelia Kurstin with her band, ...
Theremin player Barbara Buchholz demonstrates the electronic instrument. (Photo by Gregor Hohenberg - Courtesy of Barbara Buchholz) Have you heard of the theremin? Best known for producing ...
Explore how the theremin works and how it's being utilized today. How did the theremin go from science fiction movie soundtracks to influencing pop and electronic music as we know it today? Linda Diaz ...
The “Play It Loud” exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art spotlights the star instruments that made music electronic, from Muddy Waters' blues axe to a shard of the psychedelic guitar that Jimi ...