Audiovisual tools and instruments
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- The Optophonic Piano Vladimir Rossiné Soviet Union 1916 [1]
- The Theremin Leon Termen Soviet Union 1917 [2]
- 1920 Lev (Leon) Theremin, Russia, invented the Aetherophone (later called the Theremin or Thereminovox). The instrument used 2 vacuum tube oscillators to produce beat notes. Musical sounds were created by "heterodyning" from oscillators which varied pitch. A circuit was altered by changing the distance between 2 elements. The instrument had a radio antenna to control dynamics and a rod sticking out the side that controlled pitch. The performer would move his/her hand along the rod to change pitch, while simultaneously moving his/her other hand in proximity to the antenna. Many composers used this instrument including Varese.
- 1957 Warsaw at Polish Radio, an electronic studio established.
- The Terpsitone Leon Termen USA/USSR 1930 [3]
- The Theremin Cello Leon Termen USA 1930 [4]
- The Sonar N.Anan'yev Soviet Union c1930 [5]
- The "Ekvodin" V.A.Gurov Soviet Union 1931 [6]
- The Variophone Yevgeny Sholpo Soviet Union 1932 [7]
- The Emiriton A.Ivanov & A.Rimsky-Korsakov Soviet Union 1932 [8]
Resources
- 120 Years of Electronic Music. Electronic Musical Instrument 1870 - 1990, http://www.obsolete.com/120_years/nav.html