RN Documentary: The Intriguing Theremin

Summary:

The history of the first electronic instrument and its enigmatic maker.

Website:

http://www.rnw.nl/special/en/html/040910vh.html

Tones:

Informational

Language:

English

Description:

People fainted when the Theremin was first performed onstage in Paris in 1928. It’s haunting sound resembled voices from beyond the grave. It was the first electronic instrument – and at that time, the only one which was played without actually touching it. Its ingenious maker, the charismatic Russian Leon Thermin, was in many ways as mysterious as his invention.

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