For your YouTube viewing pleasure - Theremin Killed the Radio Star.
Not the best rendition of the classic Buggles tune (actually sounds a bit like Santa Claus is Coming to Town in Parts), but still funny. I need to build my theremin sooner than later.
Second version with a brief explanation of what the theremin is, and a demonstration of the sound it makes. .
If you really want some good theremin, there's
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Not the best rendition of the classic Buggles tune (actually sounds a bit like Santa Claus is Coming to Town in Parts), but still funny. I need to build my theremin sooner than later.
Second version with a brief explanation of what the theremin is, and a demonstration of the sound it makes. .
If you really want some good theremin, there's
"Theremin - An Electronic Odyssey" (Steven M. Martin)
Leon Theremin was the secret link between sci-fi films, the Beach Boys, and Carnegie Hall. His self-named electronic musical instrument--the first of its kind--took the world by storm in the 1920s and '30s. Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey, winner of Sundance's Filmmakers Trophy, explores the inventor's strange life and times, including his mysterious 50-year disappearance beginning in the 1940s. Interviews with theremin virtuoso Clara Rockmore, synthesizer pioneer Robert Moog, and Theremin's contemporaries, as well as clips from movies such as The Day the Earth Stood Still, featuring the unworldly sounds of his creation, show an eccentric genius working toward success until his sudden vanishing in the Soviet Union. Footage of Theremin at 94 years old, finally rediscovered and rewarded for his achievements, brings a celebratory ending to what could be a grim or at least uncertain story, but instead is a fascinating documentary. --Rob Lightner
The stranger-than-fiction true story of the father of electronic music is captivatingly told in this highly acclaimed and endlessly surprising documentary (Leonard Maltin) that garnered the prestigious Filmmakers Trophy at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival. Set against the backdrop of the instrument's ethereal sound, Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey is nothing short of sensational! In the 1920s and 30s, Russian émigré Leonard Thereminthe inventor of the world's first electronic musical instrumenthad it all. His self-named theremins were in high demand from filmmakers and musicians around the globe; he was married to a beautiful American dancer; he lived among New York's socialelite. And then, in 1938, he mysteriously vanished, not to be seen again for over 50 years!
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"Lost Theremin Album" (Bridge Records, Inc.)
