Magic Music from the Telharmonium

Magic Music from the Telharmonium

1998 en 25 minutes

Rating: 0

Plot

It was 1906. "Get Music on Tap Like Gas or Water" promised the headlines, and soon the public was enchanted with inventor Thaddeus Cahill's (1867-1934) electrical music by wire. The Telharmonium was a 200-ton behemoth that created numerous musical timbres and could flood many rooms with sound. Beginning with the first instrument, constructed in the 1890's, and continuing with the installation of the second instrument at Telharmonic Hall in New York, the rise and fall of commercial service, the attempted comeback of the third Telharmonium, and ending with efforts to find a home for the only surviving instrument in 1951, this documentary provides a definitive account of the first comprehensive music synthesizer.

Trailer

Trailer's not available.

Cast

Similar Movies

Welcome Home

Welcome Home

de

September 7, 2013

Music Is My Drug

Music Is My Drug

en

January 1, 1996

Notes on Breakcore

Notes on Breakcore

en

April 30, 2006

From Jack to Juke

From Jack to Juke

en

January 1, 2013

Talkin' Headz

Talkin' Headz

en

November 23, 1998

Moog

Moog

en

September 17, 2004

Bristol Bass Oddity

Bristol Bass Oddity

en

May 17, 2014

Brandy & Coke

Brandy & Coke

en

April 12, 2014

Drum The Bull

Drum The Bull

en

July 1, 2020

Rhythm and Sound

Rhythm and Sound

mk

November 10, 1955

What Difference Does It Make?

What Difference Does It Make?

en

February 17, 2014

BANG! Low End Theory

BANG! Low End Theory

en

November 19, 2014

Shaping Bamboo

Shaping Bamboo

en

January 1, 1979

Dub Echoes

Dub Echoes

en

August 3, 2008

Lotfi: Four Seasons

Lotfi: Four Seasons

fa

May 3, 2015

Meu Amigo Lorenzo

Meu Amigo Lorenzo

pt

April 4, 2024

Better Than Dog

Better Than Dog

ka

January 20, 2016

'Are'are Music

'Are'are Music

en

January 1, 1979

From Kršan to Peroj

From Kršan to Peroj

hr

January 23, 2015