1 10 31 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/82a909626318cc3f04244030da200c50.jpeg 66079c67e39bdd2a9d133701bed27860 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Film & TV Memorabilia Subject The topic of the resource Horror; Spooky; Film; Movies; Hollywood; Soundtrack; Scores; Description An account of the resource Browse my collection of rare movie memorabilia related to the theremin. This collection is for artifacts and documents where the theremin is featured in film & TV. The theremin used in many sci-fi/horror films during the mid-century. Notable films include Spellbound (1945) & The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951). Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 20th & 21st-Century Film & TV Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1993): 35mm Slide VHS Cover Slide Subject The topic of the resource Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey; Steven M. Martin; Documentary; 35mm Slide; Description An account of the resource This is an original 35mm promotional slide with the final text for the Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1993) documentary when it released to VHS in the mid-1990s. "THEREMIN" T-C-1 © 1995 Orion Classics Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Orion Pictures Corporation © Copyright 1995 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Orion Pictures Corporation © Copyright 1995 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 2x2" Slide; Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource 35mm Slide; https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/39085edf550c40186ddacea0b610c625.jpeg 593dc6e92f7a9b0f92ca2deb9b85c57a https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/8b0be28d8776e5bd2360cd5dbfec03f1.jpeg ad93a60686f216999f59489539674ef1 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/fc1947ccc77116f3f2aa1c11f3eb5c72.jpeg ad5ddf0e4dc011d95de84a49f8e2483a https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/10ff581aed0e333c437e139ad6f4b49f.jpeg 638f6cf0e016ad74d93cd8dfe3cc88c2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RCA's Legacy Collection Subject The topic of the resource RCA; Description An account of the resource A collection of RCA memorabilia before the 1960s. From originally used tube caddies to advertisement posters; enjoy pieces of pioneered radio & TV history! Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource © RCA Corporation Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available © RCA Corporation Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1919-1968 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Double Feature: x2 1920s Vintage RCA Envelopes (Identical) Subject The topic of the resource RCA; Radio Corporation of America; Envelope; Description An account of the resource This holiday season in the theremin museum, I was gifted two gorgeous vintage RCA envelopes possibly from the 1920s. Seems to be printed by hand (?) with some sort of letterpress ink pad method. Envelope Includes; - Red Bow - Sheet Music Books - Shield - RCA Emblem/Logo Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource © Radio Corporation of America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1920s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource © Radio Corporation of America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource File JPEG; Physical Dimensions (both) = 7"x6" Type The nature or genre of the resource Paper; https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/587c1c8cc3173521f81e5721689ac9ef.jpeg ecd3bcb2707edd2cbc25d337baa984ba Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Film & TV Memorabilia Subject The topic of the resource Horror; Spooky; Film; Movies; Hollywood; Soundtrack; Scores; Description An account of the resource Browse my collection of rare movie memorabilia related to the theremin. This collection is for artifacts and documents where the theremin is featured in film & TV. The theremin used in many sci-fi/horror films during the mid-century. Notable films include Spellbound (1945) & The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951). Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 20th & 21st-Century Film & TV Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1993): 35mm Slide Original Pre-Text Studio Slide Subject The topic of the resource Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey; Steven M. Martin; Documentary; 35mm Slide; Description An account of the resource Studio-original 35mm key art transparency (pre-text), used for poster and/or VHS cover production; hand-marked with copyright notation. This is what I think is an original production slide possibly used for a role in the the actual VHS cover and promotional art during the making of Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1993). "THEREMIN" Orion Pictures Corporation © Copyright 1995 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Orion Pictures Corporation © Copyright 1995 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Orion Pictures Corporation © Copyright 1995 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 2x2" Slide; Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource 35mm Slide; https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/6116da3b08f80d06e975e896c859eb38.jpeg 543522a4e6436ac069d8daceacec305b https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/34126fc79a7f26faa032335bff232909.jpeg 26b6aaa6b429cb0e16c471bff0b186d0 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/458ab30590da30939b791bee3849a158.jpeg d36a71917c6576f0988b5f2f9ec9ae24 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/928c6769515717209a924ea10df6f2f5.jpeg 9f38ca813b7d4d85c9f63b027a6fd6d8 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/07beb82729b8ec894fe908130cd469d9.jpeg 394a05a736d4fd6340b46d62c06679ee https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/02bcfbdee938c6b341c68bbdd5c3cb7e.jpeg 2d05164dd72446fbd26a9687f55f2a58 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/765c02c05690a0e8bda6518e2669ae33.jpeg 72e68eb813668b187c7a6efd1c178966 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/48ae7fc9be50c42c8bdaab15e272de65.jpeg f6d7a3fb13f7cbcd18d757908446defc https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/1947845140c33b0cd2b92a0189c59211.jpeg 79d997c89951b0f24a628a844d496825 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/a5c6f2921637bbc56b1f5920497e2727.jpeg e49bc875358b6fc957e7ff2aaa86a25d https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/ad5b6eab7eb00e3e3d44f24d6b4a9e0b.jpeg 70b32200f7963b2c2e2194f13aae6d48 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/81d9414dfb4af3baade44c279d546ba8.jpeg 7351fc19191ebd0197558d4b8c205967 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/4f361634ee47772875b540975b30f269.jpeg 487fb4fe883f31be0f346ccedb8a5c6c https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/d7e66dafeb822a35579e14fbb562f441.jpeg a627301922c6a7bd82ba8e5793e8aea3 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/27c143193678b1ff7cbddf6407c00999.jpeg df8338b8a636ceec2148a9e22ddb0854 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/67b2d5f6545d25eb9c8a51af41cd5561.jpeg d12aa88c748010c3c7e6afbcbca8157b https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/0b9f2c6542c37e66375687fd78dbafc4.jpeg a611bc25084a65581edee2c50d30f347 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/ff5c567483b18071eabe4d430b9975d4.jpeg 0504aaed8eec77bd5baec8447691d439 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/ed84b51dd9e868c52fa9fb4955f78b18.jpeg 62f7f6bd7b338177c9e3c0bbf176c046 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/00e4e96af34230a568c9906ace03d4a7.jpeg e0cb322552483681735354ef6a054c55 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RCA's Legacy Collection Subject The topic of the resource RCA; Description An account of the resource A collection of RCA memorabilia before the 1960s. From originally used tube caddies to advertisement posters; enjoy pieces of pioneered radio & TV history! Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource © RCA Corporation Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available © RCA Corporation Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1919-1968 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RCA Victor Service Notes — Hardcover Book (1929-1930) Subject The topic of the resource Book; RCA; RCA Theremin; Service Notes; Description An account of the resource These are original RCA service notes in an actual hardcover book that were publish around the 1930s and features service notes for our favorite musical instrument, the theremin. The RCA theremin is be specific. These are similar prints to what the replications from companies like Forgotten Fortunes have sold in the past, yet 100% original. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource © Radio Corporation of America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1929-1930 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Book; 10x9 inches Language A language of the resource English https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/c37796d555711a36a706a9812a5c9c75.jpg 0e86ac46b46eff046565a58fbadccf18 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RCA's Legacy Collection Subject The topic of the resource RCA; Description An account of the resource A collection of RCA memorabilia before the 1960s. From originally used tube caddies to advertisement posters; enjoy pieces of pioneered radio & TV history! Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource © RCA Corporation Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available © RCA Corporation Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1919-1968 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RCA Theremin: Radiotron UX171-A Vacuum Tube Subject The topic of the resource RCA Theremin; Vacuum Tube; RCA; Description An account of the resource This is an original RCA Radiotron 171-A vacuum tube that famously used in RCA manufactured theremins during the late 1920s/1930s. The 171-A was used for overall volume oscillator control. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource © Radio Corporation of America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1920s/1930s Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Vacuum Tube; Language A language of the resource English; https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/55e5e5e493fc243a0a9ab4f35122c3e3.png 14a6b2e8e58a6cf03971d3edfc041774 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/a3ee0543a95f42f5f2d11afb5a479dd9.png a2452d8e346a43c46c0b8aa38a32f8ea https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/bbc5243afbe6b8209b65c82718783059.png b10ffe084aaf21b774900b6556c64b36 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/8b85f91b67caa6a65594f296b9d259cc.png 62ff2690f25af93db1f36dae3003b132 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RCA's Legacy Collection Subject The topic of the resource RCA; Description An account of the resource A collection of RCA memorabilia before the 1960s. From originally used tube caddies to advertisement posters; enjoy pieces of pioneered radio & TV history! Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource © RCA Corporation Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available © RCA Corporation Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1919-1968 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document THE FRONT - FROM LEFT TO RIGHT - PAGE 1: Everyone Will Play the RCA Theremin — Beautifully! There are few of us, very few indeed, who do not crave musical expression of some kind. Some of us sing in the morning bath... we whistle or hum at our work... unconsciously we give expression to that most universal of all loves, the love of music. But most of us have been denied, for one reason or another, the time and opportunity to study a musical instrument. Yet WE ALL... YOU... can now play, and play beautifully, a wonderfully expressive, marvelously simple, absolutely unmechanical musical instrument! Scientists and musicians of note and of standing have gone on record with their opinions that the Theremin may likely revolutionize the whole world of music. But now... today... this amazing instrument can give you music; music of your own making. It gives you the means of expressing yourself musically... it obliterates any feeling of regret you may have that you did not take up, or keep up, the study of music. You need not be able to read a single note to play the RCA Theremin magnificently! You need only your hands, and the ability to “carry a tune.” The Universal Musical Instrument The most familiar instruments are popular because of pleasing tone and relative ease of playing. But the Theremin can rival the tones of any of them... and can do what many instruments cannot do—produce a singing melody! And it is easiest of all instruments to play! A child... an elderly lady... a skilled musician... a blind man... all can learn to play this incredible instrument with exactly the same facility! It is destined to be the universal musical instrument; people will play it as easily, and naturally, as they now write or walk. The Age of Mechanical Marvels Has Produced the First Non-Mechanical Musical Instrument It has been the fashion to say that everything is done by machinery nowadays... that musical marvels such as the modern radio and the marvelous electrical phonographs have reacted against the development of “home-made” music. RCA’s answer to that line of thought is the RCA Theremin... the first musical instrument in the history of the world that is not a machine! For the piano needs keys, springs, and strings; the violin, a bow and stretched strings... and so through all the conventional instruments, which interpose some sort of mechanism between the music and the player. But the Theremin answers with music to the movement of your hand... you are dependent upon nothing material for the production— PAGE 2: Simple and graceful movements of the hands produce and control the tone of the RCA Theremin. The young lady is playing a note of rather high pitch (note position of right hand) and powerful volume (controlled with left hand). Of the tone and the melody which you conceive in your head and heart! For the music leaps into being from the ends of your fingers... it is, as it were, an extension of yourself. It is vitally and literally your music, brought into being by your body itself. It may be music in its ultimate and greatest form... it certainly is music that will thrill you beyond words with its beauty, its power, its endless variety, its expressiveness—and most of all with the consciousness that you yourself have created it! Those who master and play the RCA THEREMIN know the keenest— RADIOLA DIVISION RADIO-VICTOR CORPORATION OF AMERICA 233 Broadway • New York PAGE 3 - COVER: THE RCA THEREMIN AN ABSOLUTELY NEW UNIQUE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT ANYONE CAN PLAY NOT A RADIO NOT A PHONOGRAPH Not like anything you've ever heard or seen THE BACK - FROM LEFT TO RIGHT - PAGE 4: The RCA THEREMIN Then Aladdin rubbed the lamp. The slave of the lamp appeared, and Aladdin commanded, “Let there be music.” When—oh!—musicians appeared, and discoursed most exquisite music until Aladdin slept. Even Aladdin had to rub the lamp... and even he could not make music for himself! Now, with an unbelievable, almost magic instrument which you need not even touch, you can make, with a gesture of your hands, whatever melody you wish to hear! NEW... UNIQUE... ASTOUNDING! The development of which RCA has played so vital and so large a part knows no limitations of space... of repertoire; and radio reaches everyone. Now: A Further Tremendous Step! Having made the enjoyment of music universally possible, RCA takes another tremendous step—making possible not merely the enjoyment of other people's music, but the actual creation and performance of one's own music! Now, for the first time in the history of music, anyone, without musical knowledge or training of any sort; anyone, without even the ability to read notes; without tiresome or extended “practice”; without keys, or bow, or reed, or string, or wind—without material media of any kind—anyone can make exquisitely beautiful music with nothing but his own two hands! Move Your Hands in the Air — and You Make Music! This sounds impossible... but it is a very real, a thrilling, amazing, gloriously delightful reality. To Professor Leon Theremin, distin— PAGE 5: RCA Theremin -guished young Russian scientist, the world owes a debt for his conception of the idea which has been developed into this unbelievable instrument, the RCA Theremin. What is the RCA Theremin? The Theremin is an instrument which produces musical sound by exclusively electrical means. It has no keyboard, strings, reeds, or other mechanical aids or sources of sound. It employs RCA Radiotrons, two metal bars as antennae, and a loud-speaker. One antenna—a straight, perpendicular bar—controls tone, or pitch—or, if you like, the “voice” of the Theremin. The other antenna, a looped horizontal bar, controls volume, or intensity of sound. When any object, such as the human hand, is brought into the sensitive electric field surrounding the vertical antenna, the field is so affected that audio frequencies (sounds) are produced. These are amplified through the loud-speaker. As the hand approaches the antenna, the pitch of the sounds becomes higher; as the hand is withdrawn, the pitch becomes lower. PAGE 6: The other antenna is also affected by the proximity of the hand. As the hand approaches it, the power of the Theremin’s voice is lessened, in minute gradations down to the faintest whisper; as the hand is moved away from the antenna, power is increased, by the same delicate gradations, to an intensity exceeding that of the most powerful stringed instrument. Thus, playing this almost incredible instrument resolves itself into nothing more complicated than waving one’s hands in the air! The Theremin is the only musical instrument ever conceived which anyone may play without touching! It is the most intimate and personal of musical instruments, for it employs nothing mechanical, nothing indeed but the player’s own mental conception of music, expressed in a few simple gestures of his hands. And it is the simplest and most universal of musical instruments, because no technical knowledge of music, no tedious practice, no long period of study is necessary in order to play it. Anyone who can hum or whistle a tune can play the Theremin... and, as far as technique is concerned, anyone can begin to play it on the same footing with the finest ’cellist, or pianist, or other instrumentalist in the world! Of course, with really serious study, it is possible to become a genuine virtuoso of the Theremin... to produce music as beautiful and as expressive as that of any other instrument. Tone Colors — New to Human Ears But the Theremin does not aim to imitate any other instrument. It is a new instrument, in every sense, and in its own right possesses a voice of thrilling beauty. Vibrato, glissando, and other musical effects are accomplished with utmost ease in playing the Theremin. And, like no other existing musical instrument, it can produce not merely quarter tones, but the most infinitesimal divisions of tone, with no difficulty whatever! The Tone of the RCA Theremin The RCA Theremin is capable of the most exquisite beauty of tone... and of tonal variety, as well. Its range is about three octaves, but it may be adjusted practically for any three consecutive octaves in the scale. In the lower range its tone partakes of the quality of the bassoon, string bass, and other low-pitched instruments; further up the scale the tone is extraordinarily like that of the ’cello; still further, the quality of viola, violin, and flute are closely approximated. Toward the upper end of the scale, the Theremin can, with an amazing verisimilitude, represent the soprano human voice humming; and it can suggest powerfully the ethereal tones of the violin’s harmonics. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper; Photocopy; Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RCA Theremin Booklet (Vintage Photocopy) Subject The topic of the resource RCA; Theremin; Program; Description An account of the resource This is a unique piece of theremin history and surviving vintage photocopy of a booklet describing the RCA theremin. It's a piece of very thin fragile of paper. Read more on what the brochure mentions. 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Title A name given to the resource The Golden Age (1928-1955) Subject The topic of the resource Leon Theremin; Clara Rockmore; RCA Theremin; Analog; Golden Years; Classical Era; Recitals; Classy; Description An account of the resource This is an era when the theremin might have been considered in it's prime. Material that really shines the theremin's classical and more traditional classy side. Or what I also like to call; The Rockmore Era. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Leon Theremin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1928-1955 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document EDGAR L. GOLDSMITH WARREN E. THOMPSON Present PAUL ROBESON Baritone Assisted by CLARA ROCKMORE Thereminist The third event of the 1940–41 History and Enjoyment of Music Series Sponsored by Allied Arts Corporation Sunday, November 24, 3:30 o'clock AUDITORIUM THEATRE PROGRAM I. Go Down, Moses Arranged by H. T. Burleigh Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Arranged by Lawrence Brown Oh, No, John! (English Folk-Song) Arranged by Cecil Sharp Night (Russian Folk-Song) Arranged by Alexandroff The Prayer Arranged by J. Engel MR. ROBESON II. Concerto in E minor Allegro moderato Andante cantabile Allegro giocoso Nardini Ballad for Americans MISS ROCKMORE III. MR. ROBESON INTERMISSION IV. Andante from Symphonie Espagnole — Lalo Pièce en forme de Habanera — Ravel Requiebros — Cassado MISS ROCKMORE V. The Orphan — Moussorgsky After the Battle — Moussorgsky Eriskey Love Lilt Arranged by Marjory Kennedy Fraser Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Seeen Arranged by Lawrence Brown Joshua Fit de Battle ob Jericho Arranged by Lawrence Brown MR. ROBESON AT THE PIANO: Lawrence Brown for Mr. Robeson Eugene Helmer for Miss Rockmore Victor Red Seal Records Tour Direction: Metropolitan Musical Bureau, Inc., 113 W. 57th St., New York City. Division of Columbia Concerts Corporation of Columbia Broadcasting System. Note on the Theremin For those in the audience who may not have heard the Theremin before, it is interesting to know that this instrument is named after its inventor, Russian scientist Theremin, and is unique in that the performer never touches it while playing. Tone is produced when the performer enters an electromagnetic field that is developed about the instrument. The pitch becomes higher or lower as the right hand approaches or moves away from the vertical rod; the volume is controlled by the distance of the left hand from the metal loop. CLARA ROCKMORE Clara Rockmore, who is Russian by birth and a former concert violinist, was one of the first to envision the great possibilities of the theremin as a concert instrument. Under the inventor's personal guidance she learned to master its intricate and difficult technique, and demonstrated extraordinary qualifications, foremost of which was the accuracy with which she produced the desired pitch from the air—“aerial fingering,” as one critic has since termed it. The first public demonstration of the theremin as a concert instrument was given by Miss Rockmore in Town Hall, New York, on October 30, 1934. It is Miss Rockmore's virtuosity, her dignity and worth as an artist, that has transformed the theremin from a scientific marvel into a legitimate musical instrument. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper; Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1940-1941 Clara Rockmore (w/ Paul Robeson) Concert Program #2 Subject The topic of the resource Clara Rockmore; Theremin; Program; Recital; Description An account of the resource Here's the second Clara Rockmore recital program to be featured in the theremin museum. In the 1940s, Clara Rockmore toured with singer Paul Robeson. A variety of information is described about Clara Rockmore and Leon Theremin's musical instrument. Enjoy the historical rarity of what is said about the theremin during this time period! Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Public Domain (?) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1940-1941 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain (?) Language A language of the resource English https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/1b406043f0565bd50f13a3cad61a1819.png 737379a06f02b981e84d63fbedb144a1 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/a31723af8fbac42f2930075663b0a914.jpg 421797f923f19d4000cfb9d609f36b0f https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/4a9002ac63ed59903f206dff73f32e4d.jpg 38d526a19c10f44461cc92691f23d11a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RCA's Legacy Collection Subject The topic of the resource RCA; Description An account of the resource A collection of RCA memorabilia before the 1960s. From originally used tube caddies to advertisement posters; enjoy pieces of pioneered radio & TV history! Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource © RCA Corporation Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available © RCA Corporation Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1919-1968 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document The Trademark of Supreme Quality; Which identifies with the world's largest and greatest musical industry 64 The Literary Digest for January 24, 1920 Twenty years ago the talking-machine was a triviality. Today the Victrola is an instrument of Art. Exclusive Victor processes have lifted the making and the playing of musical records into the realm of the fine arts and rendered them delightful to the most keenly sensitive ear. Opera singers and musicians of world-wide fame are glad to be enrolled as Victor artists. Every important improvement that has transformed this “plaything” into an exquisite and eloquent instrument of the musical arts originated with the Victor. The Victor plant, the largest and oldest of its type in the world, is the world-center of great music. No other organization in the world is so qualified by experience, by resources, and by artistic equipment to produce supreme quality as the Victor Company. Its products convey more great music by great artists to more people throughout the world than all other makes combined. The pioneer in its field, the Victor Talking Machine Company today remains the pre-eminent leader. The famous trademark “His Master’s Voice,” with the little dog, is on every Victrola (look inside the lid) and on the label of every Victor Record. It is your guarantee of the highest musical quality. Victrolas in great variety, $25 to $950. New Victor Records demonstrated at all dealer’s on the 1st of each month. Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper; Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1920s Victor Talking Machine Co. (US): VICTROLA - Nipper Dog Large Print — Paper Ad #4 Subject The topic of the resource Nipper; RCA; Victrola; Victor Talking Machine Company; Description An account of the resource The big star of RCA and Victor Talking Machine Company is their dog mascot Nipper. He is was a real smooth fox terrier born in Bristol, England 1884. In Nipper's legacy he became a symbol for RCA, Victrola, Victor Talking Machine Co., & HMV. Nipper got his name because he would nip at people's ankles. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available RCA / Victor Talking Machine Company (US) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource © RCA / Victor Talking Machine Company (US) https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/53e50f5a4072fdf70e25f0c417eb3f49.jpg 1024ea510960586d0f19410e17c25128 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RCA's Legacy Collection Subject The topic of the resource RCA; Description An account of the resource A collection of RCA memorabilia before the 1960s. From originally used tube caddies to advertisement posters; enjoy pieces of pioneered radio & TV history! Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource © RCA Corporation Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available © RCA Corporation Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1919-1968 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Victrola The universal recognition of Victrola superiority confirms the judgment of the world's greatest artists. The Victrola is their deliberate choice. That these artists make their Victor Records specially to play on the Victrola is the strongest recommendation any instrument could have. Victrolas $25 to $1500. New Victor Records demonstrated at all dealers in Victor products on the first of each month. Victor Talking Machine Co. Camden, New Jersey "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. This trademark and the trademarked word “Victrola” identify all our products. Look under the lid! Look on the label! VICTOR TALKING MACHINE CO. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper; Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1920s Victor Talking Machine Co. / Victrola— Paper Ad #3 Subject The topic of the resource RCA; Tubes; 1920s; Victrola; Description An account of the resource Here's an ad for a 1920s Victrola record player from Victor Talking Machine Company (US) or what was later sold in 1929 to RCA. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available RCA / Victor Talking Machine Company (US) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1920 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Language A language of the resource English Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource © RCA / Victor Talking Machine Company (US) https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/793f42fb9cd28c9e1783b60c1d038aba.jpg 319323b2d957d23c1f3ebb93314d0869 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource RCA's Legacy Collection Subject The topic of the resource RCA; Description An account of the resource A collection of RCA memorabilia before the 1960s. From originally used tube caddies to advertisement posters; enjoy pieces of pioneered radio & TV history! Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource © RCA Corporation Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available © RCA Corporation Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1919-1968 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document There's lasting satisfaction in owning a Victrola. When the instrument you buy for your home is a Victrola you have the satisfaction of knowing: that it was specially made to play Victor records; that the greatest artists make their Victor records to play on Victrola instruments; that you hear these artists exactly as they expected you to hear them, because they themselves tested and approved their own records on the Victrola. Victrolas $25 to $1500. New Victor records demonstrated at all dealers in Victor products on the 1st of each month. "HIS MASTER’S VOICE" This trademark and the trademarked word “Victrola” identify all our products. Look under the lid! Look on the label! VICTOR TALKING MACHINE CO. Camden, N. J. Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper; Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1920s Victor Talking Machine Company (US) — Paper Ad #2 Subject The topic of the resource RCA; Tubes; 1920s; Description An account of the resource Get to know the satisfaction of owning your very own Victrola instrument in the 1920s. This paper ad describes the quality assured when purchasing any Victrola product. These instruments as mentioned range from $25 - $1500. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource © RCA / Victor Talking Machine Company (US) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1920s Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Language A language of the resource English;