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 ...

If you've ever heard the eerie electronic music at the beginning of a 1950s science fiction movie (The Day the Earth Stood Still, for example), then you've heard a theremin. Invented in Russia in the ...

The termmin is the world's first electronic musical instrument invented by Russian inventor Lech · Thermin, famous for its unusual performance method. It seems that the part that depends on the ...

The theremin permeates most traditions of music now, in both the classical realm via interpreters like Lydia Kavina, and in a contemporary sense, by (among others) Pamelia Kurstin with her band, ...

The ethereal, pure sounds created by the electronic musical instrument echo the voice, but are controlled by the movements of the thereminist’s hands One night almost 10 years ago, I heard an ...

There’s nothing spookier or more haunting than the soaring sounds of a theremin, an instrument that uses electromagnetic fields to produce various pitches when you move your hands around it. You’ve ...

Explore how the theremin works and how it's being utilized today. How did the theremin go from science fiction movie soundtracks to influencing pop and electronic music as we know it today? Linda Diaz ...