From its chance 1920s invention in Russia, the theremin beguiled Hollywood and sparked a musical revolution, writes Norman Miller. The theremin sometimes seems like an instrument from Earth’s ...

There’s no instrument spookier than a Theremin, which also happens to be one of the world’s first electronic instruments. Leon Theremin plays his namesake instrument. Image via Linda Hall ...

(CBS News) Nothing says Halloween quite like the weird sounds of the Theremin . . . tricky to play, but a treat when done well. With Faith Salie now we'll give it a listen: It just might be world ...

The theremin has a reputation for sounding spooky, a la the ‘Midsomer Murders’ theme. But in Carolina Eyck’s precisely positioned hands, it becomes much more.

There’s nothing spookier or more haunting than the soaring sounds of a theremin, an instrument that uses electromagnetic fields to produce various pitches when you move your hands around it.

The theremin, which now squeals to us with the nostalgic sounds of the space age, offered the never-heard sounds of the future for that young boy. By 1953, Moog had developed his own improved ...

Remember the theremin? Controlled using a performer's hand movements in mid-air, it's one of musical history's most fascinating instruments, lending its creepy tones to B-movie soundtracks ...

The theremin was invented as a Soviet science experiment, and later used as a tool for industrial espionage. Despite its origins, Hollywood embraced the electronic instrument in the 1950s.

Absolute madman and legend Linus Åkesson has turned a Commodore 64 computer into an actual functioning theremin, and I'm losing my goddamn mind over how cool it is. To be fair on the excitement ...

Jim Parsons actually taught himself how to play the theremin for "The Big Bang Theory." In the episode "The Bus Pants Utilization" (January 6, 2011), the lead characters gather together to invent ...

6, with "The Little Mermaid", there will be an unusual instrument in the orchestra pit. The theremin, which famed music critic Harold C. Schonberg once described as a “cello lost in a dense ...