Leon Theremin: The man and the music machine
Ninety years ago this month a young Russian scientist and inventor, Leon Theremin, was summoned to the Kremlin to meet Lenin. It was the start of an incredible journey that laid the foundations for modern electronic music.
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Leon Theremin had come to the Bolshevik leader's attention after inventing a revolutionary electronic musical instrument that was played without being touched.
Theremin was nervous before meeting Lenin, but later said the demonstration of his invention, which became known as the Theremin, had gone well.
I wonder what some Creedence would sound like on it?
Check out the dude - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17340257
Check out the machine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJYho56INKU
The Beatles on the Theremin; THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3EPtUPcs8s&feature=related
THEREMIN - Over The Rainbow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6KbEnGnymk&feature=related