Soviet Inventor Léon Theremin Reveals Off the Theremin, the Early Digital Instrument That Might Be Performed With out Being Touched (1954)

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You recognize the sound of the theremin, that bizarre, conflict­bly whine that sig­nals mys­tery, dan­ger, and oth­er­world­ly por­tent in lots of clas­sic sci-fi movies. It has the dis­tinc­tion of being not solely the very first elec­tron­ic instru­ment but in addition the one instru­ment in his­to­ry one performs with­out ever contact­ing any a part of it. As…

What’s Digital Music?: Pioneering Digital Musician Daphne Oram Explains (1969)

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Sur­vey the British pub­lic about probably the most impor­tant insti­tu­tion to come up of their coun­attempt after World Conflict II, and plenty of respon­dents are going to say the Nation­al Well being Ser­vice. However maintain ask­ing round, and also you’ll quickly­er or lat­er encounter a couple of seri­ous elec­tron­ic-music enthu­si­asts who title the BBC Radio­phon­ic…

The World’s First Medieval Digital Instrument: The EP-1320 Lets You Play the Sounds of Hurdy-Gurdies, Lutes, Gregorian Chants & Extra

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Right now of the 12 months, the Swedish island of Received­land places on Medeltidsveck­an, or “Medieval Week,” the coun­strive’s largest his­tor­i­cal fes­ti­val. Accord­ing to its offi­cial About web page, it provides its vis­i­tors the prospect to “watch knights on horse­again, drink some­factor chilly, take a craft­ing course, prac­tice archery, lis­ten to a con­cert or pic­nic…