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It does not seem like three years since Bob Moog left this world.
(May 23, 1934 – August 21, 2005)

His genius and spirit continue to speak to us in the instruments he built and in the many writings and recordings he left behind.

His foundation continues to preserve his legacy and his company Moog Music is still going strong making incredible instruments keeping Bob's constant intent that they must become a direct extension of the player.

Bob was the main reason the theremin survived into our time, by making instruments (he started his electronics career building theremins) and writing articles that helped other builders and many hobbyists get started making them.

photo STEIM

Michel Waisvisz (1949 - 2008) was a remarkable musical visionary, inventor, and thereminist. After visiting and playing with Lev Termen in 1993 at the STEIM Center, shortly before Lev's death, he allowed ThereminWorld to host the photos of their meeting.


Michel shared one of his music performance devices with Lev during that visit.

After a most unique life empowered by artistically and personally high standards, and leaving a legacy that remains vital today, Clara Rockmore died here in New York City on May 10, 1998.

Clara was born in Vilnius, Lithuania in 1911, recoginzed as a soon-to-be violin master by age four, in 1915 she became the youngest musician ever admitted to the St. Petersburg Conservatory.

Saturday, Nov 3rd, was the 14th anniversary of Lev Termen's passing into the Aether. He changed our lives and the course of music history.
Hope you have a moment this week to think of him kindly and play a little tune in Lev's honor on your space controlled instrument.

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