Theremin by Albert Glinsky
Written by an award-winning composer whose music has been performed in the US, Europe, and the Far East, this title combines the whimsical and the treacherous into a chronicle that takes in various things from the KGB to Macy's store windows, Alcatraz to the Beach Boys, Hollywood thrillers to the United Nations, Joseph Stalin to Shirley Temple.-
Buddy Emmons
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Waiting for Buddy Guy
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That Half-Barbaric Twang
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On the Bus with Bill Monroe
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Louis Prima
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Sing a Sad Song
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Record Makers and Breakers
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Twentieth Century Drifter
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Banjo Roots and Branches
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Buzz Busby
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South Side Impresarios
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Aaron Copland
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Charles Ives Remembered
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Live Fast, Love Hard
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George Gershwin
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Bird
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Peggy Seeger
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Chicago Blues
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Don't Get Above Your Raisin'
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Marian Anderson
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Woody Guthrie, American Radical
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Where Did Our Love Go?
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Go Cat Go!
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The Never-Ending Revival
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Downhome Blues Lyrics
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Walk a Mile in My Blues
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Music of the First Nations
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Southern Soul-Blues
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Artful Noise
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Heartbeat of the People
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Bluegrass Odyssey
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Our Common Life
ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, 2001
"Glinsky has traced the fascinating story of Lev Termen, Russian scientist, radio engineer and inventor of the first electronic musical instrument. The haunting wail of the 'theremin' is perhaps best known from the Beach Boys' 1966 hit 'Good Vibrations', but Glinsky demonstrates that its inventor deserves to be more than a footnote in the history of modern music. . . . A fascinating rediscovery of a forgotten man, and a valuable contribution to the history of the future."--London Times
"Glinsky unfolds an impossibly rich narrative with clarity, breadth, and a contagious sense of excitement. . . . A barely imaginable life, lived, to the last, by a true enigma."--David Toop, Bookforum
"Albert Glinsky's splendid and authoritative biography of Leon Theremin is the first complete recounting of an amazing life that spanned--and changed--the twentieth century."--Tim Page, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist
"With Theremin, Albert Glinsky has created an amazing new thriller biography. As a guide book through the twentieth century, Theremin is an incredible story of invention, music, history, science, and espionage--a celebration of pure creativity."--David Harrington, Kronos Quartet
"Glinsky has traced the fascinating story of Lev Termen, Russian scientist, radio engineer and inventor of the first electronic musical instrument. The haunting wail of the 'theremin' is perhaps best known from the Beach Boys' 1966 hit 'Good Vibrations', but Glinsky demonstrates that its inventor deserves to be more than a footnote in the history of modern music. . . . A fascinating rediscovery of a forgotten man, and a valuable contribution to the history of the future."--London Times
"Glinsky unfolds an impossibly rich narrative with clarity, breadth, and a contagious sense of excitement. . . . A barely imaginable life, lived, to the last, by a true enigma."--David Toop, Bookforum
"Albert Glinsky's splendid and authoritative biography of Leon Theremin is the first complete recounting of an amazing life that spanned--and changed--the twentieth century."--Tim Page, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist
"With Theremin, Albert Glinsky has created an amazing new thriller biography. As a guide book through the twentieth century, Theremin is an incredible story of invention, music, history, science, and espionage--a celebration of pure creativity."--David Harrington, Kronos Quartet
Albert Glinsky is an award-winning composer whose music has been performed throughout the United States, Europe, and the Far East. He is a research fellow and professor of music at Mercyhurst University. Robert Moog(1934-2005) developed the original Moog electronic music synthesizer and was the president of Moog Music Inc., the world's leading manufacturer of theremins.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780252072758 |
| ISBN 10 | 0252072758 |
| Title | Theremin |
| Author | Albert Glinsky |
| Series | Music In American Life |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
| Year published | 2005-02-02 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Prizes | Winner of ASCAP Deems Taylor Award, 2001. 2001 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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