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Telharmonium

Jan 13, 1887

Thaddeus Cahill invented the telharmonium.

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Period: Jan 13, 1887 to Oct 13, 1940

Telharmonium

Feb 13, 1906

First public performances of Thaddeus Cahill's Dynamophone, also known as the Telharmonium

Futurism movement

Mar 13, 1909

Futurism movement founded by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.

Theremin

May 13, 1917

Léon Theremin starts developing the Aetherophone (later Theremin), the first electronic instrument with a unique performance technique.

Stefan Wolpe

Apr 13, 1920

Stefan Wolpe uses eight gramophones at different speeds in a Dada performance.

Darius Milhaud

Jun 13, 1922

Darius Milhaud experiments with record manipulation to create music.

Theremin

Jul 13, 1924

Léon Theremin completes the Aetherophone (later named the Theremin).

Maurice Martenot

Jul 13, 1928

Maurice Martenot builds the Ondes Martenot (first called the Ondes Musicales).

René Bertrand

Oct 13, 1928

René Bertrand developes the Dynaphone, a dial operated vacuum tube oscillator instrument.

Rhythmicon

Aug 13, 1931

Léon Theremin completes the Rhythmicon for Henry Cowell who commissioned it - a machine to play musical rhythms with the same relationships as the overtone series.

Clara Rockmore

Sep 13, 1931

Clara Rockmore performs on the Theremin in concerts worldwide.

Edgard Varèse

Oct 13, 1933

Edgard Varèse writes to both the Guggenhaim foundation and Bell Labs attempting, unsuccessfully, to secure funding for an electronic music studio.

Percy Grainger and Edgard Varèse

Oct 13, 1936

Percy Grainger and Edgard Varèse separately experiment with record manipulation to create music.

Harald Bode

Oct 13, 1938

Harald Bode creates the Melodium, a monophonic touch sensitive keyboard instrument.

John Cage

Oct 15, 1939

John Cage performs Imaginary Landscape No 1, the first performance to include live electronics (turntables & test-tone records).