Theremin

Two years later, Theremin conducted the first-ever electronic orchestra, featuring the theremin and other electronic instruments including a " fingerboard " theremin which resembled a cello in use.

At this time, Theremin worked closely with fellow Soviet émigré and theremin virtuoso Clara Rockmore (Clara Reisenberg as she was when they first met).

Even though many theremin sounds can be approximated on many modern synthesizers, some musicians continue to appreciate the expressiveness, novelty, and uniqueness of using an actual theremin.

It was developed by Russian composer Nicolas Obouchov in France, after he saw Lev Theremin demonstrate the theremin in 1924.

Kavina has completed a number of her own compositions for theremin including a Concerto for Theremin and Symphony Orchestra, first performed by the Boston Modern Orchestra under the direction of Gil Rose.

Theremin recalled he made the dielectric device first followed by the radio alarm, although Glinsky (p. 23) writes Theremin made the alarm first and then the dielectric device.

Theremin worked at the Moscow Conservatory of Music Glinsky p. 341, "where Lev Sergeyevich had constructed musical instruments" for 10 years where he taught, and built theremins, electronic cellos and some terpsitones (another invention of Theremin).

Audiences should be prepared for everything from bare-chested theremin playing to wah wah wheelie bin as the duo jump from one hit and 40 near misses to another.

Songs for the Future, Hamm sings and plays the theremin, which he says has a unique, ethereal sound.

Claravox Centennial is the most versatile Moog theremin in history.

And I think this gives the theremin something human.

A special box with several knobs is attached to this instrument, called a theremin, built by an electronics specialist in London.

Last week saw the release of ‘Á’—the new album by experimental theremin player Hekla.

Albert Glinsky, “Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage”, Foreword by Robert Moog, - University of Illinois Press, 2000.

Beryl Campbell, one of Theremin's dancers, said his wife Lavinia "called to say that he had been kidnapped from his studio" and that "some Russians had come in" and that she felt that he was going to be spirited out of the country.

By 1947 Theremin had remarried, to Maria Guschina, his third wife, and they had two children: Lena and Natalia.

Composers who ultimately utilized the Theremin included Varèse in his piece Ecuatorial (1934) while conductor Leopold Stokowski experimented with its use in arrangements from the classical repertory.

During the 1930s, Lucie Bigelow Rosen was also taken with the theremin and together with her husband Walter Bigelow Rosen provided both financial and artistic support to the development and popularisation of the instrument.

Further electronic music projects were banned, and Theremin was summarily dismissed.

Glinsky p. 310. In the 1970s, Léon Theremin was a Professor of Physics at Moscow State University (Department of Acoustics) developing his inventions and supervising graduate students.