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History

Remembering Leon Theremin

By Jason - November 3, 2011

It's hard to believe, but today is the 18th anniversary of Professor Leon Theremin's passing.As you'...

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Leon Started It - And It Keeps On Going!

By omhoge - August 15, 2011

Today, August 15th, is Lev Termen's birthday, he was known as Leon Theremin in the U.S. Invented ar...

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Videos and Round Table from Clara Rockmore Party

By omhoge - June 22, 2011

Before the party started to celebrate Clara Rockmore's 100th birthday, there was a round table disc...

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Theremins on the Silver Screen

By omhoge - June 10, 2011

It's always a treat to hear a theremin in a movie score. It's even more rare to see one. Jerry Le...

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Happy Birthday Bob!

By omhoge - May 23, 2011

Today would have been Bob Moog's 77th birthday.His legacy lives on in more ways than we can count. ...

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Rosen Caramoor Urata and The New Yorker

By omhoge - May 21, 2011

Nick Plays Caramoor's September Theremin A few weeks ago we were contacted by John Seabrook from The...

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The Celebration Continues: Clara Rockmore

By omhoge - May 10, 2011

Photo S.J.ShermanToday was the day that Clara Rockmore died in 1998. All I could think about this m...

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Bob Moog Foundation Tributes: Clara Rockmore

By omhoge - April 8, 2011

Photo: BFM, Courtesy Dalit WarshawThe Bob Moog Foundation is continuing the Clara Rockmore Centenary...

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Lev's Home Town

By omhoge - March 30, 2011

Up until his departure for Europe and the United States in 1927,LevTermen (known as Leon Theremin in...

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Clara at 100 - by Steve J. Sherman

By omhoge - March 9, 2011

Photo: Clara at home, July 31, 1996 Steve J. Sherman. All rights reserved. I remember my dad, Bob Sherman, once responding to someone's remark about how strange an instrument the theremin is; having grown up as the nephew of Clara Rockmore, he wondered...