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    November 1993), better known as Leon Theremin was a Russian inventor, most famous for his invention of the theremin, one of the first electronic musical...
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    performer (who is known as a thereminist). It is named after its inventor, Leon Theremin, who patented the device in 1928. The instrument's controlling section...
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    Clara Rockmore (category Theremin players)
    However, after meeting fellow immigrant Léon Theremin and being introduced to his electronic instrument, the theremin, she became its most prominent player...
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  • Laser microphone (category Inventions by Léon Theremin)
    using a light beam to remotely record sound probably originated with Léon Theremin in the Soviet Union at or before 1947, when he developed and used the...
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  • Leon Taylor (born 1977), British swimmer Léon Teisserenc de Bort (1855–1913), French meteorologist Léon Theremin (1896–1993), Russian inventor Leon Thijssen...
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    The Thing (listening device) (category Inventions by Léon Theremin)
    Thing was designed by Soviet Russian inventor Leon Theremin, best known for his invention of the theremin, an electronic musical instrument. In Russian...
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  • Mahal - Mumtaz Mahal Tesla coil, Tesla turbine – Nikola Tesla ThereminLéon Theremin Thompson submachine gun – John T. Thompson Tobin tax — James Tobin...
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    for Theremin and Orchestra, premièred with the Cleveland Orchestra with Leon Theremin as soloist. The next year Henry Cowell commissioned Theremin to create...
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    contributed the foreword to Glinsky's first book, Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage, about Leon Theremin, who was a principal inspiration to Moog. Moog...
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  • Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey is a 1993 documentary film by Steven M. Martin about the life of Léon Theremin and his invention, the theremin, a pioneering...
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    television and film director Lev Termen (1896–1993), often translated as Leon Theremin, Russian inventor Lev Tolstoy (1828–1910), often translated as Leo Tolstoy...
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    to the theremin. Like the theremin, the pitch of the tone is dependent on the nearness of the player's arm to an antenna; unlike the theremin, the antenna...
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    Natasha Theremin, is a Russian musician. She is the daughter of Russian scientist, musician and inventor Léon Theremin and Maria Feodorovna Theremin (Gushchina)...
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    Lydia Kavina (category Theremin players)
    September 1967) is a Russian-British theremin player, based in Oxfordshire, UK. The granddaughter of Léon Theremin's first cousin, Soviet anthropologist...
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    Teen Age Message (category Léon Theremin)
    Internet. Each transmission comprised three sections: a sounding, a live theremin concert, and digital data including images and text. TAM was humanity's...
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  • "Good Vibrations" caused Russian authorities to exile its inventor, Leon Theremin. The song has been covered by artists such as Groove Holmes, the Troggs...
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    Man", a disembodied head named Enzio in an urban gothic comedy and Leon Theremin, the Russian inventor famous for the electronic instrument that bears...
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    first Russian-language portal about theremin "Theremin Times", the great-grandson of Leon Theremin. Works with theremin in genres: classical, contemporary...
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    popularly known as "WGY Television". Meanwhile, in the Soviet Union, Léon Theremin had been developing a mirror drum-based television, starting with 16-line...
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    known as the theremin, calling it “a new sound in the world.” The theremin, named after its inventor, Soviet scientist and spy, Leon Theremin, captivated...
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    and engineering with an avowedly Communist social purpose. 1920 Theremin By Leon Theremin 1921 Aerial refueling By Russian-American aviation pioneer, inventor...
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  • one of the oldest electronic instruments in history, the Theremin, created by Léon Theremin in 1929 and made popular as a source of atmospheric sound...
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    music of the first half of the 20th century, such as Guglielmo Marconi, Léon Theremin, Pierre Schaeffer, and Karlheinz Stockhausen (due to whom the band referred...
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    founding the short-lived New Symphony Orchestra. In New York, he met Leon Theremin and other composers exploring the boundaries of electronic music. It...
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  • saxophone—was inspired by the passive covert listening devices created by Léon Theremin, such as the Great Seal bug. "He couldn't find out where [the bug] was...
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    account of life in sharashka Marfino. Léon Theremin, a pioneer of electronic music, the inventor of the theremin and a passive eavesdropping device. Nikolay...
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    Lukirsky, Isaak Kikoin, Igor Kurchatov, Yakov Frenkel, Nikolay Semyonov, Léon Theremin, Boris Davydov, and Lev Artsimovich. Ioffe asked Ernest Rutherford to...
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  • the previous year in 1981. He made a documentary on Léon Theremin, the inventor of the theremin, one of the first electronic musical instruments, which...
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  • Terpsitone (category Inventions by Léon Theremin)
    The terpsitone is an electronic musical instrument, invented by Léon Theremin, which consists of a platform fitted with space-controlling antennae, through...
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    Steinberg, Chief Rabbi of the Polish Army Léon Theremin, a pioneer of electronic music, the inventor of the theremin and an electronic eavesdropping bug Sergei...
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