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Imagine when electricity was first used to make music (some say the sound was like an electronic musical saw). Invented by an extraordinary Russian inventor, LeonTheremin, and introduced to New York audiences in the 1920’s, the theremin is one of the great musical stories of the 20th Century. |
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popular in music halls and on Vaudeville in the early 1900’s, the
sound almost disappeared with the popularity of electronic music. Today,
thanks in part to folk musicians like the late Thomas Jefferson Scribner,
the instrument is experiencing a rennaisance. Scribner described the
forgotten musical saw as “The
Lost Sound”.
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| finely tuned with water and blown across the opening, the breathy sound is reminiscent of the calliope from yesterday. |
| one of the oldest sounds on the planet...the elemental cry of the shell has been heard for thousands of years. |
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singing into one end while twirling the hose in the air transforms the voice into a doppler choir.
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| vibrating elastic bands swinging through the air...this wood and elastic band instrument invented by Carla, inspires her movement in performance. another musical inventor in California, Darell Devore, makes similar sound devices and named them "wind wands." |
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