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- Theremin - Wikipedia
One of these electronics enthusiasts, Robert Moog, began building theremins in the 1950s, while he was a high-school student Moog subsequently published a number of articles about building theremins, and sold theremin kits that were intended to be assembled by the customer
- The Soviet Spy Who Invented the First Major Electronic Instrument
Russian physicist and engineer Lev Sergeyevich Termen—who later came to be widely known as Léon Theremin—invented his namesake instrument around 1920 Here, he's pictured in 1928
- The theremin: The strangest instrument ever invented? - BBC
Theremin demonstrated his instrument at the Kremlin for Vladimir Lenin in 1922 and in Berlin for Albert Einstein in 1927, before dazzling audiences worldwide in the late 1920s
- Theremin | electronic, sound synthesis, avant-garde | Britannica
Theremin, electronic musical instrument invented in 1920 in the Soviet Union by Leon Theremin (also called Lev Termen) It consists of a box with radio tubes producing oscillations at two sound-wave frequencies above the range of hearing; together, they produce a lower audible frequency equal to
- The First Electronic Instrument: The Story of the Theremin
The theremin, an instrument known for its eerie and otherworldly sound, holds the distinction of being the first electronic musical instrument Invented in 1920 by Russian physicist Léon Theremin (Lev Termen), the theremin is unique in that it is played without physical contact
- Theremin (music instrument) | Electronic Music of Brainvoyager
The instrument was invented by a young Russian physicist named Lev Sergeevich Termen (known in the West as Léon Theremin) in October 1920 after the outbreak of the Russian civil war
- Invention of the Theremin - History of Information
Lenin was so impressed with the device that he began taking lessons in playing it, commissioned six hundred of the instruments for distribution throughout the Soviet Union, and sent Theremin on a trip around the world to demonstrate the latest Soviet technology and the invention of electronic music
- Lev Sergeyevich Termen: The Inventor of the Theremin
It’s actually the invention, realized very practically, of a Russian technician, Leon Theremin, who lives in America, where he has already given many demonstrations A large American producer of records and radio receivers has put the new musical instrument out on the market ever since 1930
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