Of all the musical instruments created over time, the theremin is certainly one of the most intriguing. It almost seems like magic the way the device reacts to moving hands closer and farther away ...

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 ...

(Original Caption) Photo shows the "Theremin," one of the first electronic musical instruments, invented by professor Theremin, a Russian scientist from Leningrad. Photo shows the invention as it ...

The theremin, that strange electronic instrument whose spooky “woo-woo” sounds left its unforgettable mark on Alfred Hitchcock’s 1945 movie “Spellbound” and the Beach Boys’ classic “Good Vibrations, ” ...

A conversation with Howard Shore about the music in the film, and how they recorded the Theremin track. There is also demonstration and explanation of how a Theremin works and is played.

2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the Theremin. It was way back in 1920 that Lev Sergeyevich Termen, better known as Leon Theremin in the west, first demonstrated one of the most important ...

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Strange it is. Stranger the workstyle. Strangest the name. The person you see in the picture above is not a magician. He is a thereminist, who assumes a magician-like veil, all thanks to the musical ...

Analog music instruments were rendered largely outdated by the 1960s, anachronistic just as the advent of electronics fundamentally changed what music could be virtually overnight. With the creation ...