Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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0:00 Introduction
1:09 I: The Eve of Revolution
6:32 II: Theremin in the Ether
14:00 III: Flirting with Capitalism
28:47 IV: Cowell and Grainger
31:00 V: Clara Rockmore
39:09 VI: Collapse
46:40 VII: Lucie Rosen
52:29 VIII: Theremin in the Gulag
1:03:40 IX: A Home in Novelty
1:08:59 X: Last Years
📚 SOURCES/FURTHER READING:
General sources/comments:
• “Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage” by Albert Glinsky (University of Illinois Press, 2000)
• Thanks to Jonathan Golove for lending me his spare theremin.
• Detailed information on Theremin-built theremins: rcatheremin.com
II: Theremin in the Ether
• 6:32 Theremin playing the theremin: youtube.com/watch?v=w5qf9O6c20o
• 9:52 “Physics of the Theremin” by Kenneth Skeldon: aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.1119/1.19004
III: Flirting with Capitalism
• 14:45 Kovalsky and the Electro-Musical Orchestra: youtube.com/watch?v=8ThFEzDUcc8
• 16:33 Rostovskaya re-premieres Pashchenko’s “A Symphonic Mystery:” youtube.com/watch?v=bTMaqnvOdbA
V: Clara Rockmore
• nadiareisenberg-clararockmore.org/clara-rockmore-biography
• 31:01 Rockmore plays Ravel’s “Habanera:” youtube.com/watch?v=uuKBPEDU-W0
• 33:10 Rockmore’s “The Art of the Theremin:” nadiareisenberg-clararockmore.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/theremin.pdf
• 33:18 Rockmore plays Saint-Saëns’ “The Swan:” youtube.com/watch?v=XdFSU8sn3mo
• 35:25 “Clara Rockmore RCA Theremin Report” by Andrew Baron and Mike Buffington: rcatheremin.com/documents/Clara_RCA_Report.pdf
• 37:25 Fuleihan score: etheremin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Fuleihan.pdf
VII: Lucie Rosen
• 51:07 Jørgensen and Bystrova perform Paul’s “Palestinian Song:” youtube.com/watch?v=dxtW6nNBlIo
IX: A Home in Novelty
• Additional information on the theremin in Hollywood was found in Kasey Mathew’s “Strange Vibrations: The Evolution of the Theremin:” https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1471&context=caps_thes_all
• 1:03:40 Excerpt from “Spellbound:” youtube.com/watch?v=gvK0NkrZXxM
• 1:05:57 Odna (“Alone”): youtube.com/watch?v=QURLitdTjaM
• 1:06:00 Excerpt from “The Lost Weekend:” youtube.com/watch?v=2iQpa9MNnVA
• 1:07:24 Excerpt from “The Delicate Delinquent:” youtube.com/watch?v=EBZGcYBjQTM
X: Last Years
• 1:13:56 Theremin at Stanford University, 1991: youtube.com/watch?v=hUgNkROotp0
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Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
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Music (in addition to that listed above):
- Joseph Schillinger: First Airphonic Suite, performed by Lydia Kavina and the Sinfonieorchester der Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe conducted by Zsolt Nagy [original upload: x2QcWKtRMk]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: Ne poy, krasavitsa, Op.4 no. 4 (aka “Song of Grusia”), performed by Clara Rockmore [original upload: mmsx4oPy8nA]
- Anis Fuleihan: Theremin Concerto, performed by Clara Rockmore and the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leopold Stokowski [original upload: cLLiikYaV1g]
- Bohuslav Martinů: Fantasia for Theremin, Oboe, Piano, and String Quartet, performed by Lydia Kavina, Stefania Tedesco, Mauro Cavalieri D’Oro, and members of the Columbus Orchestra: thereminvox.com/library/lydia_kavina/fantasia-for-theremin-oboe-piano-and-string-quartet
- Joseph Achron: Hebrew Melody, Op. 33, performed by Clara Rockmore [original upload: vCrZSM3F2Q]
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0:00 Introduction
1:09 I: The Eve of Revolution
6:32 II: Theremin in the Ether
14:00 III: Flirting with Capitalism
28:47 IV: Cowell and Grainger
31:00 V: Clara Rockmore
39:09 VI: Collapse
46:40 VII: Lucie Rosen
52:29 VIII: Theremin in the Gulag
1:03:40 IX: A Home in Novelty
1:08:59 X: Last Years
📚 SOURCES/FURTHER READING:
General sources/comments:
• “Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage” by Albert Glinsky (University of Illinois Press, 2000)
• Thanks to Jonathan Golove for lending me his spare theremin.
• Detailed information on Theremin-built theremins: rcatheremin.com
II: Theremin in the Ether
• 6:32 Theremin playing the theremin: youtube.com/watch?v=w5qf9O6c20o
• 9:52 “Physics of the Theremin” by Kenneth Skeldon: aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.1119/1.19004
III: Flirting with Capitalism
• 14:45 Kovalsky and the Electro-Musical Orchestra: youtube.com/watch?v=8ThFEzDUcc8
• 16:33 Rostovskaya re-premieres Pashchenko’s “A Symphonic Mystery:” youtube.com/watch?v=bTMaqnvOdbA
V: Clara Rockmore
• nadiareisenberg-clararockmore.org/clara-rockmore-biography
• 31:01 Rockmore plays Ravel’s “Habanera:” youtube.com/watch?v=uuKBPEDU-W0
• 33:10 Rockmore’s “The Art of the Theremin:” nadiareisenberg-clararockmore.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/theremin.pdf
• 33:18 Rockmore plays Saint-Saëns’ “The Swan:” youtube.com/watch?v=XdFSU8sn3mo
• 35:25 “Clara Rockmore RCA Theremin Report” by Andrew Baron and Mike Buffington: rcatheremin.com/documents/Clara_RCA_Report.pdf
• 37:25 Fuleihan score: etheremin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Fuleihan.pdf
VII: Lucie Rosen
• 51:07 Jørgensen and Bystrova perform Paul’s “Palestinian Song:” youtube.com/watch?v=dxtW6nNBlIo
IX: A Home in Novelty
• Additional information on the theremin in Hollywood was found in Kasey Mathew’s “Strange Vibrations: The Evolution of the Theremin:” https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1471&context=caps_thes_all
• 1:03:40 Excerpt from “Spellbound:” youtube.com/watch?v=gvK0NkrZXxM
• 1:05:57 Odna (“Alone”): youtube.com/watch?v=QURLitdTjaM
• 1:06:00 Excerpt from “The Lost Weekend:” youtube.com/watch?v=2iQpa9MNnVA
• 1:07:24 Excerpt from “The Delicate Delinquent:” youtube.com/watch?v=EBZGcYBjQTM
X: Last Years
• 1:13:56 Theremin at Stanford University, 1991: youtube.com/watch?v=hUgNkROotp0
----------
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
----------
Music (in addition to that listed above):
- Joseph Schillinger: First Airphonic Suite, performed by Lydia Kavina and the Sinfonieorchester der Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe conducted by Zsolt Nagy [original upload: x2QcWKtRMk]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Sergei Rachmaninoff: Ne poy, krasavitsa, Op.4 no. 4 (aka “Song of Grusia”), performed by Clara Rockmore [original upload: mmsx4oPy8nA]
- Anis Fuleihan: Theremin Concerto, performed by Clara Rockmore and the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leopold Stokowski [original upload: cLLiikYaV1g]
- Bohuslav Martinů: Fantasia for Theremin, Oboe, Piano, and String Quartet, performed by Lydia Kavina, Stefania Tedesco, Mauro Cavalieri D’Oro, and members of the Columbus Orchestra: thereminvox.com/library/lydia_kavina/fantasia-for-theremin-oboe-piano-and-string-quartet
- Joseph Achron: Hebrew Melody, Op. 33, performed by Clara Rockmore [original upload: vCrZSM3F2Q]
----------
Contact Information:
Questions and comments can be directed to:
nerdofclassical [at] gmail.com
Facebook:
facebook.com/classicalnerd
Instagram:
instagram.com/the_classical_nerd
----------
All images and audio in this video are for educational purposes only and are not intended as copyright infringement. If you have a copyright concern, please contact me using the above information.
