Theremin: ETHER MUSIC AND
ESPIONAGE (Music in American Life)
by Albert Glinsky
If You Liked The Martin Film, You Must Read The Book
Albert Glinskys Theremin blends the whimsical and the treacherous into a
chronicle that takes in everything from the KGB to Macys store windows,
Alcatraz to the Beach Boys, Hollywood thrillers to the United Nations,
Joseph Stalin to Shirley Temple. Theremins world of espionage and
invention is an amazing drama of hidden loyalties, mixed motivations, and
an irrepressibly creative spirit. Albert Glinsky is an award-winning
composer whose music has been performed throughout the U.S., Europe,
and the Far East.He holds degrees from The Juilliard School and a Ph.D.
from New York University, and his work has been honored by the National
Endowment for the Arts, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
He is Composer-in-Residence and Professor of Music at Mercyhurst
College in Pennsylvania. Robert Moog developed the original classic Moog
electronic music synthesizer and has been designing and building

theremins since 1954. Currently, he is the president of Moog Music Inc.,
the worlds leading manufacturer of theremins. This is a volume in the
series Music in American Life.
Personal Review: Theremin: ETHER MUSIC AND ESPIONAGE
(Music in American Life) by Albert Glinsky
After seeing "Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey" for the second time last
year I was motivated to seek a more thorough biography of this fascinating
life. Luckily Glinsky's book was hot off the press. This book is amazing.
Theremin's life is so interesting, and the narrative is so engrossing, that it
reads like a thriller. Only one that covers a nearly hundred year life. The
setting covers revolutionary Russia, roaring twenties NY, depression era
NY, Stalinist Russia, the Gulag, the cold war, the sixties, and on and on.
The research Glinsky put in is astounding. You get the feeling that there
exists no document of this life that he didn't catalog. Yet he writes
beautifully and does a wonderful job of bringing the subject to brilliant life.
There are so many details I'd love to mention but I wouldn't want to spoil a
thing. Anyone who was intrigued by the documentary (which barely
scratches the surface) should buy this book and read it. For me, the book
has awakened an entire fascination with twentieth century Russia and I'm
already reading other non-fiction on the topic.Mr. Glinsky is to be
congratulated on a stunning piece of work.
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