3 10 31 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource © RCA Corporation Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1920s/30s Language A language of the resource English; Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/e712ed098c61bedaf50a0b2cffe7d153.jpg 8c58a911774deab4e54ce527f56785e0 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 Curator's Theremin Collection Subject The topic of the resource Theremin; Description An account of the resource A collection of my finest theremins. 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 Stylophone Theremin: Portable & Battery-Powered Subject The topic of the resource Theremin; Stylophone; Description An account of the resource The Stylophone theremin was released in January 2024 and it had a lot of interest from new and existing thereminists. It features battery-powered functionality, 1/4" and headphone out, modulation and delay FX, and a built-in speaker. This unit also features an electro-theremin; a type of instrument The Beach Boys used in Good Vibrations. Instead of using the air to play notes you play sliding the notes on a physical sliding mechanism. Author's Notes: Unfortunately, I got a defective unit with a non-working speaker and headphone out. Although I never quite use the built-in speaker anyway. It may be an easy fix. But thankfully, the 1/4" out still works! Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource © Stylophone Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available © Stylophone Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource © Stylophone https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/125b4e4152c1e06ef0f9460cce00593e.JPG 9a5654c86d80940ccbdb29b2b5c1e19c 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 Music Memorabilia & Media Description An account of the resource This collection is made for studio audio-recordings, music memorabilia, famous sound effects and anything in an audio format such as; CDs, Records, Digital Releases and/or any playable media including a theremin. Sound A resource primarily intended to be heard. Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds. Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound I-I love the colorful clothes she wears And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair I hear the sound of a gentle word On the wind that lifts her perfume through the air I'm pickin' up good vibrations She's giving me the excitations (oom-bop-bop) I'm pickin' up good vibrations (good vibrations, oom-bop-bop) She's giving me the excitations (excitations, oom-bop-bop) I'm pickin' up good vibrations (oom-bop-bop) She's giving me the excitations (excitations, oom-bop-bop) I'm pickin' up good vibrations (oom-bop-bop) She's giving me the excitations (excitations) Close my eyes, she's somehow closer now Softly smile, I know she must be kind When I look in her eyes She goes with me to a blossom world I'm pickin' up good vibrations She's giving me excitations (oom-bop-bop) I'm pickin' up good vibrations (good vibrations, oom-bop-bop) She's giving me excitations (excitations, oom-bop-bop) Good, good, good, good vibrations (oom-bop-bop) She's giving me excitations (excitations, oom-bop-bop) Good, good, good, good vibrations (oom-bop-bop) She's giving me excitations (excitations) Ah, ah, my, my, what elation I don't know where, but she sends me there Oh, my, my, what a sensation Oh, my, my, what elation Oh, my, my, what Gotta keep those lovin' good vibrations a-happenin' with her Gotta keep those lovin' good vibrations a-happenin' with her Gotta keep those lovin' good vibrations a-happenin' Good, good, good, good vibrations (oom-bop-bop) She's giving me the excitations (excitations, oom-bop-bop) I'm pickin' up good vibrations (good, good, good, good vibrations) Na-na-na, na-na, na-na-na Na-na-na, na-na, na-na-na (bop, bop-bop-bop-bop, bop) Do-do-do, do-do, do-do-do (bop, bop-bop-bop-bop, bop) Do-do-do, do-do, do-do-do (bop, bop-bop-bop-bop, bop) Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Record; vinyl; 45; 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 7" Single Record - Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys Subject The topic of the resource The Beach Boys; Good Vibrations; Electro-Theremin; Paul Tanner; Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource © The Beach Boys Description An account of the resource Many believe The Beach Boys used a common theremin in Good Vibrations and other tracks. That is an overall misconception. The band actually used a instrument invented by a former trombonist for the Glenn Miller Orchestra; Paul Tanner. The device was called the electro-theremin. https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/1a0e67757c8e82b0b799724a557d1403.png 5b3c0dc371a9572f6e59e39e497ce5df https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/d4c8b38e7822496d87371f348748dcf1.png 37235413db0c9ea3f3673db78b739cd2 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/75af71e98f2e689d96b4b5810ab5b837.png 41d60b6ce0b77597a306cd30b26174fb https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/ea87775e802a489d6ac7edd911685809.png b4799ce78ed7da089f1797ab1af8f290 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/73c240943e2079355f70069355e4d28d.png 4a5d7416813e16e9aefee66bddfc3c3e https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/4ed6c1eb79a6d6a2ad19d8d435cbdb79.png 2ad75d9c0a71b0610c9552c360bfe450 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/7fd2447454a34b20f045ce0f6c61d069.png e40dc56316587037d52fd9c6fe0e8ce7 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/6fff3585bf8db69b3189a6922fa2bad8.png e044d6f18788551f2cc3f291c440d742 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 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 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 Subject The topic of the resource Theremin; Clara Rockmore; Program; Pamphlet; Performance; Description An account of the resource Vintage program for performances of Clara Rockmore & Paul Robeson. Presented by Arion Musical Club. Performance took place at the Milwaukee Auditorium in Milwaukee, WI on Monday, October 20th, 1941. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Arion Musical Club Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Arion Musical Club Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Monday, October 20th, 1941 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Arion Musical Club Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource scanned & uploaded JPEG; 9" x 6" physical dimensions - cover & back + 6 pages inside Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text; Paper program https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/07038b1d6965cfe0ecb19e3b1055d4fb.jpeg 6076d9a3d6fd5a73b1b6e4649be8375c https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/b641dbab0c1f384ec5115217870304d6.jpg 915a9370c22f6ab1784bddc6e1085ed1 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 Music Memorabilia & Media Description An account of the resource This collection is made for studio audio-recordings, music memorabilia, famous sound effects and anything in an audio format such as; CDs, Records, Digital Releases and/or any playable media including a theremin. 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. Text Any textual data included in the document Brian Wilson presents Pet Sounds The 50th Anniversary celebration & final performance in its entirety --Along with rare cuts and greatest hits-- VIP Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Plastic laminated lanyard badge 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 VIP Badge — Brian Wilson (Concert) Subject The topic of the resource Brian Wilson; Pet Sounds; Good Vibrations; VIP Pass; The Beach Boys; Description An account of the resource This is my personal VIP pass from a Brian Wilson Pet Sounds tour performance in Sept. 2016. This pass shows Beach Boys genius Brian Wilson in the San Diego Zoo hanging out with a giraffe. That's the kinda cool guy I think Brian was! Not to forget the classic green and yellow theme featured. And similar if not the same font from the original Pet Sounds album cover. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Courtesy of Brian Wilson / Official VIP Experience Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Courtesy of Brian Wilson / Official VIP Experience Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource For educational, informative, & fair use only; discontinued item (will not work at a Mike Love concert; you might get escorted) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEG; Language A language of the resource English; Type The nature or genre of the resource Text; Badge for access to meet & greet/sound check https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/d0bbad8941e328a403196b9d30051783.jpeg baf1ab31cc4637f79200b27960530319 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/33d11d9ab822726cc1a19df0ab14b0f8.jpeg f1c60a88eb2468a267993d9948e04ed7 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 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 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Text Any textual data included in the document ADVERTISEMENT A1 5.5 x 4 inches - Paper Clipping - Lucie Bigelow ROSEN "High priestess of the theremin." NEW YORK TIMES "The Theremin has neither keys, nor strings, nor sounding pedals, nor any other existing parts, that can recall a modern musical instrument. The infinite variety of sounds, is produced through oscillations of inaudible frequency between two electric magnetic fields of high frequency. When the hands, or any other foreign body, enter the magnetic fields, or approach the antennae, the inaudible waves become audible through the coupling of the two oscillations." From "Misteri e Prodigi delle Radio Onde" - Season 1952-1953 TOUR of GEORGIA, FLORIDA, SOUTH CAROLINA 15 engagements booked already ADVERTISEMENT B1 4.5 x 4 inches - Paper Clipping - Lucie Bigelow ROSEN "High priestess of the theremin." NEW YORK TIMES "The Theremin has neither keys, nor strings, nor sounding pedals, nor any other existing parts, that can recall a modern musical instrument. The infinite variety of sounds, is produced through oscillations of inaudible frequency between two electric magnetic fields of high frequency. When the hands, or any other foreign body, enter the magnetic fields, or approach the antennae, the inaudible waves become audible through the coupling of the two oscillations." From "Misteri e Prodigi delle Radio Onde" - MUNICIPAL CONCERTS SERIES, FEB. 1953 10 APPEARANCES Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper clippings 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 1940s Lucie Bigelow Rosen - Paper Clipping Ads Subject The topic of the resource theremin; advertising; marketing; Lucie Bigelow Rosen; paper clippings; Description An account of the resource "High priestess of the theremin." — These are two advertisements clipped from newspapers/flyers that advertise Lucie Bigelow Rosen's performances specifically from 1952-1953. Both cut-out ads feature the same photo of Rosen very majestically playing her theremin with the exact same quote from "Misteri e Prodigi delle Radio Onde" which basically translates to the fascinating phenomena of radio waves. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lucie Bigelow Rosen Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Lucie Bigelow Rosen Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1952-1953 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEG; 4.5 x 4 inches & 5.5 x 4 inches Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text; Paper clippings 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/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/0c3181367b714cecdce26ab1359fc004.png c6c25d0b783cfaf6de48506b8c61b64c https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/1b9e8c97ae239dccc3fd9e3c47f2ee21.png 5b38affe32d8fbeaba2b3f3adf5a0ba7 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/5b3cdee364099f160cc8c4d717b0ba6a.png 1774f3367b6be10c33c77b071fd36ea9 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/fb9476f0eb3d5f94a71a105b78b48717.png 36aeb3379843ec91fbfd4475b7b41a93 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 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/84a9b2eec925959570b501a9ca284592.jpeg ed4319b5d45d42b861370b32c19977c0 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/77a620192a6ca3f03a93d063f87ede32.jpeg 4df0446e858d704a41709b8287525cb8 https://www.thetheremin.org/archive/files/original/6ab3bf1322e2069672bc12073bd45904.jpeg bc65e811c614293e1b9668edcf8bb368 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 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 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photo paper Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 8x10 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 Man Teaches Woman Theremin — 8x10 Photographs Subject The topic of the resource theremin; RCA theremin; early electronic music; Description An account of the resource These are original 8x10 prints of a woman + a man playing an RCA theremin. The thereminist in these photographs (his name is Charles D. Stein) seem to use two different wooden RCA theremin bases or two different theremins entirely. Very small handwritten notes mention "806 PP36". Notice the RCA Loudspeaker 106 featured. The theremin performer shown here seems to have a nice hat. Cowboy hats are cool! Subjects; Charles D. Stein (theremin) & Unknown Woman Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Unknown Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource JPEG; photographs ea. 8x10 inches Language A language of the resource English (in regards to the small handwritten "806 PP36" note) Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image; Photo paper