Please visit the ee462 GitHub Page for the information about the project assignments.
This course covers basic operating characteristics and classification of electrical drives, solid-state DC and AC motor control, dynamic behaviour of electrical machines, selection of drives for various industrial applications. You will find chance to design and implement motor drive systems for realistic applications throughout term projects. There will be an optional hardware motor drive project which uses HIL (hardware-in-the-loop).
In this course there are no midterms, but you are going to do three projects, covering most of the semester. Therefore, I expect you to spend considerable amount of time on projects and discussing your results in the classroom. There will be a final exam, which will be open-book.
Even if there is, asking a stupid question doesn't mean that you are stupid.
Studying is an activity of students, not of lecturers.
Understand the fundamental principles of motor drives and the mechanical systems.
Analyse and design DC/AC motor drives (including power stage and control loops).
Prepare design reports and use version control system (GitHub) to build your online portfolio.
Use commercial industrial motor drive systems through laboratory, and use hardware-in-the-loop systems by an optional design project.
EE362 and EE463 are prerequisite for this course, and I strongly advise you to review the topics covered in these courses in the very early weeks. You should also take EE464to fully understand the concepts in this course.
Analysis of Electric Machinery and Drive Systems, e-book accesible from METU campus or with VPN.
Control of Electric Machine Drive Systems, e-book accesible from METU campus or with VPN.
I would like you to use a version control system for your project. Please check keysan.me/okst/ for details.
You will submit your projects using GitHub, so please open an account (preferably with your real name, as it will be your online portfolio), and complete a few tutorials and learn the basics as soon as possible.
You will not only submit the latest version of your projects, but I would like to see the intermediate stages, and you'll be also graded with number of commits, so please start working on projects in the early days.
For simulations I advise you to use MATLAB Simulink, but Modelica is also a good (and open-source) alternative. If you haven't used MATLAB/Simulink before, set it up and start learning it as soon as possible.
You are required to present your projects with a report. Although, I don't reinforce it, I strongly recommend Simulink Report Generator. You have to invest some time at the beginning, but it will definitely pay-off later.
Number of Commits:25%: The number of edits of your project files as seen from the contributors list. For example, if you start making your project in the last few days, you'll get no credit. If you start early and continue editing your files, you'll get full credit. The project topics are not easy, so this is a way to encourage you to start early and work regularly.
Level of Information:50%: The detail level of your designs (see requirements above), and the accuracy of your calculations.
Report Quality:25%: Text explaining your design decisions, quality of your figures, citing relevant studies and your conclusion section.


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Access Granted to Chile's Salmon Farming Antibiotic Use Info
Politics Sustainability Environment Health
by Lucy Towers
CHILE - Oceana has been granted access to information on Chile's salmon farming antibiotic use between 2009 and 2013, following a unanimous ruling by Santiagos Court of Appeals.
"We are pleased to hear the reversal of an incorrect ruling by the Transparency Council. Clearly, this is public information as it allows people to make decisions on fundamental issues, such as health and the environment, in addition to making scrutiny on whether the Government is effectively controlling this industry or not," stated Alex Muñoz, Vice President for Oceana in Chile.
In July 2014, Oceana resorted to the Transparency Council after 50 salmon farms refused to reveal the amount and type of antibiotics used by them, on the grounds that this would entail "a competitive and commercial risk."
The Transparency Council agreed with the salmon farms and declared that the National Fishery Service is not required to reveal disaggregated figures.
For the Court of Appeal, however, the required information lacks a commercial value and does not reveal industrial production operations; on the contrary, "it aims at ensuring that the bacteria resistance of antibiotics is not transferred to human beings, besides protecting the environment against their use."
In the decision, the Court adds that "the dissemination of these figures would result in benefits expected to lead to health controls that objectively protect the entire population," it ends.
"We know that the salmon industry uses huge amounts of antibiotics, but we are under the impression that some farms use much more than others. Knowing which company performs better or worse helps us focus the actions required for a policy to reduce antimicrobials," declared Alex Muñoz.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that overuse of antibiotics develops bacterial resistance among fish, which in turn can cause severe public health problems by leaving certain diseases that affect humans without treatment. This is compounded by the pollution caused by salmon farms with other chemicals –such as anti-parasitic treatments- that result in severe damage to marine ecosystems.
Both salmon farms and the Council for Transparency can resort to the Supreme Court to challenge this ruling.
Lucy Towers

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Posted on September 15, 2007 by jseimas
San Jose State's football team played as poorly as it could have Saturday? Or did they?
The team didn't play defense, looked horrible on offense for a third straight week without top returning rusher Yonus Davis, who is injured, and struggled on special teams too.
After suffering disheartening road losses to Arizona State and Kansas State, the 2006 New Mexico Bowl champion Spartans were crushed 37-0 by host Stanford Saturday night. It was a game they were supposed to lose by seven points, according to oddsmakers. In coach Dick Tomey-land, it was a game the Spartans were supposed to win.
"We were awful," said Tomey in an animated post-game meeting with reporters. "We were badly coached. We were a bunch of primadonnas. We just don't compete."
So to make sure they start learning, Tomey called a 6:30 a.m. practice for Sunday, closed to the media. (Not sure I would want to attend, anyway.)
Stanford gained 506 yards of offense to the Spartans' 163. Cardinal quarterback T.C. Ostrander completed 18 of 28 passes for 220 yards and two fourth quarter touchdowns, and running back Toby Gerhart rushed for 141 yards on 12 carries — making him Stanford's first 100-yard rusher in a game since 2004.
"It's not about the offense or the defense," Tomey said. "It's about playing with character, playing with toughness, playing with pride. And we're not doing any of that."
Believe the coach, they didn't do any of that.
The Spartans made Ostrander and Gerhart look like Heisman candidates.
Gerhart, a sophomore, was a surprise, considering he missed Stanford's season-opening loss to UCLA with a hamstring injury.
"It feels good," said Gerhart, who straight-armed Spartans All-American Dwight Lowery to the ground on his 13-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. "We made a statement for us in general. Everyone was blocked. Every play is designed to leave one guy, for me to beat. It was just a team effort. No one gives credit to our run game. They say we have no run game."
Not sure it's a run game without a tackling game. It seemed like the Spartans were giving the Cardinal a police escort to the end zone, especially in the fourth quarter, when they allowed three touchdowns.
Sure, the Spartans are young. But they do return Lowery and Chris Owens at corner, and Matt Costelo at linebacker. No one thought SJSU's defense would allow 116 points through three games.
And the Spartans' offense? Seventeen points in that same span?
Yonus, hurry back. But I'm not sure it's going to help much without a standout receiver like graduated James Jones.
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3 Responses to San Jose State football: from New Mexico Bowl to toilet bowl?
Spartan Faithfull says:
Its only 3 games and you are already writing sjsu off. By the way the defense only gave up 3 field Goals in the first half, and kept the team in the game. Its a long season and the spartans will right the script. So stoping hateing and be constructive.
I ment right the ship!
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Bacalar steht für:

 Bacalar, eine Stadt im mexikanischen Bundesstaat Quintana Roo
 Bentley Bacalar, ein zweisitziges Luxus-Cabriolet
 Lagune von Bacalar, ein See im mexikanischen Bundesstaat Quintana Roo
 Bacalar (Insel), eine Phantominsel, die in mehreren portugiesischen Karten des 16. Jahrhunderts eingezeichnet ist

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You ought to be confident whichever colour you opt to print your wording in, is easy to keep reading the invitation. For instance, if you opt for a dim colour for your wedding invitations you may want to choose a lighter colour of printing. By way of example, rather than print black on a deep crimson invitation you might need to publish white. Additionally, you want to make use of a font style for your wedding vases which you love and is particularly easy to learn. Your font can involve some flair to it, but you also want it to be more clear for the guests.
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The Cure
10:15 Saturday Night/Foxy Lady
(7'' Promo)
Label: Polydor-2814 150
Genre: New Wave, Post-Punk
10:15 Saturday Night" is a song by British post-punk band The Cure.
It was the B-side to their single "Killing an Arab" as well as the
opening track of their debut album Three Imaginary Boys. It was also released in France as a single, with the track "Accuracy" as the B-side.
However, about 50-100 promotional records were pressed with "Foxy Lady," cover of the Hendrix classic, as the b-side.
Estimated: $1,000-$2,000


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Q: Playwright C# - wait for input text to be empty I'm writing a test using Playwright with C# bindings, and I came across a problem with waiting for element input to have no text.
Before "add" action, input fields look like this:

Article Number input has id="Number", and Name has id="Name" - just to be clear.
After "add" action, input fields are cleared of text:

it's a matter of split second for inputs to be cleared of text, but Playwright doesn't wait for it and starts typing before clearing inputs, which messes up my test.
I've tried to use:
await page.WaitForSelectorAsync("#Number >> text=");
await page.WaitForSelectorAsync("#Name>> text=");

but it didn't help out.
How to wait for text to be empty?

A: I think your selector is asking Playwright to find an Element with no text. Input Elements store their contents in their Value attribute, so actually always have no text!
You can use this method to check an Input Elements value against a page object, or this method against an IElementHandle.
Maybe have a utility method, something like:
string inputValue = "input";
DateTime timeout = DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(5);
while(timeout > DateTime.Now && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(inputValue)){
   inputValue = await page.InputValueAsync("#Number");
}

This will wait for the Input Element to have an empty value.
There is some caveats: Text= does check the value attributes on Input elements of type button & submit, as explained here.

A: Just in case someone else is looking for an answer to the same problem, Page.WaitForFunctionAsync(expression, arg, options) looks like the ideal way to wait for an element to be empty. The nice thing compared to the before mentioned solution is that it requires less code, the waiting is non busy, and there is less communication between client and browser, because the polling (until ready or timeout) happens inside the browser itself.
You can pass it the JavaScript expression (which will be executed in the browser), for example textBox => textBox.value == ''
And in the second parameter you can pass it the element handle of the textBox.
(I didn't try this myself because I'm normally using PlayWright with NodeJS, but I think with these hints you'll get a long way.)

A: This may not have been available when the question was asked.
You can now do:
await Expect(page.Locator("#Number")).ToHaveValueAsync("");

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Victoria's Ryder Hesjedal started Friday's Stage 6 of the Tour de France in eighth place overall
Tour de France 2012: It's ugly but not over as Hesjedal drops 13 minutes in huge crash
Bad luck continues for Ryder Hesjedal and his Garmin teammates as Stage 6 crash results in massive pile-up
It's with sheer disappointment that Ryder Hesjedal and a company of his Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda teammates crossed the finish line of the Tour de France's Stage 6 on Friday.
Hesjedal started the day as a contender to win the Tour's yellow jersey, just 18 seconds back of the leader, but ended it with little hope left, losing 13 minutes and 24 seconds.
"I got caught up in the crash like countess others and immediately realized that my left leg wasn't good," Hesjedal said in the team's release.
"Once I got up and on a bike, I couldn't pedal with any force, the pain was too much. The team helped me get to the line, but just getting there was all I was able to do.
Hesjedal said the team medical staff will monitor him tonight but that he is not sure what tomorrow holds.
"That was one of the worst crashes I've ever seen and I hope that everyone else who went down is ok."
It's been a disastrous Tour overall for the Garmin team. Tom Danielson abandoned the Tour today, and Tyler Farrar crashed for the fourth time in four days.
"Clearly, this will mean a change in strategy for the team," said Garmin manager Jon Vaughters.
"We'll be looking for stage wins, possibly the KOM jersey and ways to animate the race. It was a tough day but all things considered, spirits are good. These guys are good friends and a good support system for each other, they know how to be a team and that makes me immensely proud."
Hesjedal, if he returns, will start Stage 7 in 108th position, 13:34 back of leader Fabian Cancellara.
Elk Lake hosts B.C. rowing championships
Rookie GM brings a new hope to Victoria Royals


The education sector is witnessing the immense boom in the UK. It has various elements like schools, universities, institutions and nowadays the tutoring classes have been increased tremendously. It all creates a strong educational structure within the UK. The demand for the tuitions is increasing. In recent past years, the trend for the tuition classes has been increased at large scale. It has become common scenario and students are taking tuitions classes for the knowledge enhancement. It will not be wrong to say that the tuitions classes are playing a crucial role in improving the educational system of the country. The level of studies is increasing, and students want extra classes or assistance to get rid of their doubts. In order to handle the competition, peer pressure, parent's expectations and school burden the role of innovative education is required where tutors have excelled largely. It raises the confidence level of students.
It has been found during the research survey conducted by IPSOS MORI for the Sutton Brand that in 2013 24 percent young age people received home tuitions and in 2012 the ratio was 23 percent. Thus, the one percent increment has been noticed in just one year. Mostly the students belong to the age group of 11 to 16 get extra tuitions. The average per hour cost for the tuitions is £ 26 and maximum it can go to £ 40. It depends on the wealth status of family and experience or the reputation of tutors. In the case of ultra-rich families, the facts related to per hour cost varies. These facts indicate that in future the scope of tuitions is enormous as the students might need more tutors to get their confusions solved. It has been estimated by the Wendy Piatt director general of the Russell group that by the year 2018 the tuitions fees can raise by 10 percent. The tutoring industry is establishing proper set up to ensure their excellent services and such networking and investment demands some cost. The tutoring industry is putting the extra burden of investment on parents. The tuition classes and tutors have improved their services and grab the attention of Britishers. The British people are ready to pay a high amount for the tuitions even the school fees are also huge. They set their budgets to extra tuitions of their child. There are various reasons behind the popularity of tuitions classes.
The first and foremost aspect are that tuitions classes or the agencies have become aware of their increasing rate of the market. They have identified the opportunities and have brought improvement into their services accordingly. The classifications of tutors are that there are private tutors, online tutors and so on. As mentioned above that the studies have become so tough, or the level of education has been increased. Students have many doubts, and they want to clear the queries. Thus, tuitions are the best place to solve the extra queries other than schools. The tuitions have immense benefits in order to increase the intellect of child so parents are also paying high to provide better education to their child. It has been found that during the schools some students found it tough to interact with teachers. They feel shy and hesitate to raise their queries in front of whole class. Therefore, in such situations, they prefer the private tuitions to solve their doubts. It is the major psychological reason behind the increasing demand of tuitions. It has also found that due to the professionalism of tutoring agencies they have added various facilities into their services that students enjoy their learning process. It motivates them to ask more, and they apply their mind to develop a self-interest in the studies.
The tuitions have immense benefits in order to increase the intellect of child so parents are also paying high to provide better education to their child. It has been found that during the schools some students found it tough to interact with teachers. They feel shy and hesitate to raise their queries in front of whole class. Therefore, in such situations, they prefer the private tuitions to solve their doubts. It is the major psychological reason behind the increasing demand of tuitions. It has also found that due to the professionalism of tutoring agencies they have added various facilities into their services that students enjoy their learning process. It motivates them to ask more, and they apply their mind to develop a self-interest in the studies.
The parents in Britain are putting pressure on children to get good grades and for the same purpose, they are trying to provide the best education to their child. In such scenario, the tuition classes have become common into the routine of students. Parents are paying high as they believe on the educational pattern of tutors. The parents just want better results in terms of grades of children. No compromise is allowed as the competitive spirit has been increased among parents and students both. To meet the expectations of parents, the tutors are increasing their potential and learning curve so that the quality education could be delivered to students. Hence all the participants, students, tutors and parents are putting efforts, directly or indirectly, to raise the demand for extra tuitions. It contributes to the rise of pay scale of tutors as well. Some parents can afford to pay high so it is just raising the standard of tuitions fees.
The parents give advertisement with the tag of required tutors as the students need tuitions for particular subjects. The parents show their interest and tutors fulfil the demand of children. The whole industry has become structured and functions in a professional manner. The role of social media is increasing along with the website and other platforms. The parents check the CV and experience of tutors then only they get expected to price on the hourly basis. The most interesting scenario is that the need of tutors has been shown by the immigrant families. They tend to learn English language and want their child to understand English so that they can stand among the British people. They believe that schools are not teaching as per their reputations. In schools, the quality of education has been diminished so parents are moving towards the tuitions to fill the gap of quality education.
On the contrary, another fact is that the schools have lots of children in one class so it is impossible for them to focus on each and every child with the same amount of concentration. The time limit is also bound in schools. It hampers the learning process and confusions of student's remain unsolved. It discourages the student, and their potential could be affected adversely. However, in tuitions especially in home tuitions or private tutoring, the students get ample amount of attention and time by the tutors to raise the confusions and queries. The learning experience of students is positive in a private tutoring environment. The advancement in intellect level is promised, and it satisfies the parents. The seats within the schools need to be limited so that the student can get proper assistance from the teachers. The reason, which why British people tend to pay high to tutors is that their income level has been raised. Both husband and wife are earning so they can afford the high tuitions fees. Another flipping side of the same scenario is that both husband and wife are working so it is impossible for them to look after the studies of students. It can create tension about their child's results in exams. Thus, they hire the tutors to provide education to their child. In both the situations, the tutors have an advantage and can charge a huge amount for their services.
However, in tuitions especially in home tuitions or private tutoring, the students get ample amount of attention and time by the tutors to raise the confusions and queries. The learning experience of students is positive in a private tutoring environment. The advancement in intellect level is promised, and it satisfies the parents. The seats within the schools need to be limited so that the student can get proper assistance from the teachers. The reason, which why British people tend to pay high to tutors is that their income level has been raised. Both husband and wife are earning so they can afford the high tuitions fees. Another flipping side of the same scenario is that both husband and wife are working so it is impossible for them to look after the studies of students. It can create tension about their child's results in exams. Thus, they hire the tutors to provide education to their child. In both the situations, the tutors have an advantage and can charge a huge amount for their services.
Parents prefer tuitions to ensure that their child must clear the entrance exams of school. The British parents are paying high because they want their child to study in the best school of city or town. Admissions in such schools are not easy due to their complex admission procedures. The tutors understand the system as it is their profession. They have knowledge about the entrance exam system and provide learning accordingly. As mentioned above that the level of professionalism within the industry has been increased. Hence to tutors provide services to primary aged children to clear the entrance exams for private schools. It helps in increasing the competitiveness of child, and they can perform well in exams. It depicts the scenario that if parents depend upon tutors to ensure the clearance of entrance exam then in future also they will hire tutors for their child. This perception is noticeable by the tutoring industry and demand for the tuitions is increasing rapidly.
British parents are likely to pay high as they understand the value of education and want their child to be competitive. The Britishers are aware of the international competition and understand the need for proper growth of learning curve. On the basis of above discussion it could be stated that the demand for extra tuitions is increasing, and Britishers are paying high, both aspects are interrelated to each another. The British parents are forced to get assistance from other source, and tutors have contributed well to the demand supply game. This system of education is providing financial support to the tutors. It makes them more responsible towards their duty and parents pay high just to appreciate the efforts of tutoring agencies and tutors. The economic structure of the country is increasing, and social scenario always fostered the fact that better education must be promoted.
Therefore to promote better education and to receive immense satisfaction the parents are paying huge tuition fees. The current environmental factors of Britain justify the increase in demand of tuitions and enabling parents to pay high.


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New Hampshire Today: Interview with Congressman Chris Pappas 1-13-21
In an interview with Chris Ryan and Justin McIsaac, the Representative from New Hampshire's First Congressional District, Chris Pappas, discusses the importance of today's vote to impeach President Trump and the possibility of a swift trial and conviction vote in the Senate, and he addresses allegations that members of Congress gave assistance to the rioters
Congressman Pappas views the impeachment of Donald Trump as a needed step to punish high crimes and misdemeanors committed by the President. The Congressman believes that, even in the waning days of President Trump's term, it is important to maintain a stable government, to ensure a peaceful transfer of power, and to show that there is accountability by pursuing impeachment.
President Trump's actions and lack of action once the assault on the Capitol Building is discussed by Congressman Pappas, "We waited hours for the National Guard to be called out. Why did it take so long to get support for the Capitol Police force once they were overwhelmed?"
Congressman Pappas believes that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will allow an impeachment trial in the Senate before the end of this term or it will take place after the inauguration. In either case, the Congressman says, "This country needs a reckoning when we have a dangerous president who has violated his oath of office and has put our democratic republic in peril."
There have been allegations that some member of Congress tweeted directions and suggested targets to the rioters during the siege of the Capitol. Congressman Pappas praises the heroism of the Capitol Police, but he is in favor of a thorough investigation of the security failures on that day. Chris Pappas also believes that there is a need for a comprehensive review of the role of members of Congress in organizing and inciting the insurrection of January 6th.
In the final segment of the interview, Congressman Pappas discusses whether Congress will be able to impeach and convict President Trump, investigate the siege of the Capitol, transition the new administration, and deal with many problems related to the COVID pandemic.
"When it comes down to doing the work of the American people and addressing the crises at hand, I think that you're going to see everyone having a laser-like focus."
Congressman Pappas feels that there is a growing movement among the moderates of both parties to cooperate and work together on needed legislation.
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Theremin General
Childs Theremin project, major works, can you help?
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Hi, hope this is ok to come and ask here. My 12 year old son had to pick a musical instrument to investigate in depth, as a school project, chose the Theremin, and is now very hooked!
He's got into it in some depth, (has decided to build one, heaven help me) He's done a great deal of research, written up a good history from Termen to Moog, and explanation of Heterodyning (I'm learning fast to keep up!) and how to cause it, similar instruments etc, but is having some problems collating a list of major works written for it, and the disputes over modern useage, and is now running out of time.
He has a few, but would be very grateful for any more suggestions. Can you offer knowledge?
Charlie D
From: England
Heheh. This kid sounds like something of bright spark. The major works of which I can think for the instrument are:
- Andrej Filippovic Pascenko's 'Symphonic Mystery' for Theremin and Orchestra
- Anis Fuleihan's Concerto for Theremin and Orchestra
- Josef Schillinger's 'First Airphonic Suite' for Theremin and Orchestra
- Bohuslav Martinu's 'Fantasie' [sic] for Theremin and Piano Quintet
There are other shorter works, but those are the longest, most substantial pieces of which I can think. I suppose the numerous arrangements of Miklos Rosza's compositions for 'Spellbound' (which include the 'Spellbound Concerto' for Theremin and Orchestra) might qualify, but to be honest, in the original film most of the melodic lines were scored for piano and orchestra, and in my opinion they sounded much nicer that way.
Hi Charlie, thanks for responding. (Son is a bright spark, but shouldn't be let near gunpwder!) He's found those, and Edgar Varèse, but is having problems bridging the gap between pre '47 and the current generation, other than with sci-fi scores, possibly because there aren't to many others?
TomFarrell
From: Undisclosed location without Dick Cheney
Arti, that's about it: you could look for the records of Samuel Hoffman (some of which are available on CD), but I don't personally think they're major works, nobody performs them any more and few people listen to the records. Clara Rockmore's work is of course spectacular, but none of the short pieces on her available CDs were written for the instrument. There really *is* a gap between the 40's and the present, in terms of works for the instrument. Remember, the instruments were almost entirely unavailable for most of their history - just a few handmade instruments here and there, and the small number that were manufactured in 1929 by RCA. It's only in the past couple of decades that Moog Music has made Theremins available in significant numbers.
In your first message, I'm not sure what you meant by "disputes over modern usage". If you could clarify what you want to know about, I'm sure we could make some comment.
I wish your son the best with his construction project, as well as his school project, and I hope you'll encourage him to come to ThereminWorld to tell us how it goes and ask questions.
Hi, thank you Tom.
Sorry I didn't put the 'disputes' very well, I'm refering to the Brian Wilson/ beach boys argument, which we think is a no, star trek, and Simpsons? (We know about Dr Who)
Thank you, I suspect he will need no encouragement to come asking questions, but it may be some time, as the componants will have to be got bit by bit.
Your son has been caught out by Varese. 'Ecuatorial' does not use a Thereminvox. It was composed originally for two *fingerboard* Theremin cellos, thus I excluded it from my listing. In 'Ameriques' there's a part which Edgard rescored for Ondes Martenot, but it was originally for a siren, not theremin.
With regards bridging the gap, permit me to explain why your son is having difficulties. The classical age of the theremin pretty much died by the 1950s. In the 1920s, the theremin was seen as the astounding signifier of the 20th century's electrification and modernity; composers were keen to write music showing off it's glorious potential - the mood of the First Airphonic Suite for example is jolly, optimistic and exciting; it really promotes the idea that the theremin is an instrument that will change the world. In the 1930s, Fuleihan and Martinu wrote music that sought to integrate the theremin into the classical idiom as Lev Termen had originally intended (and indeed following the claims of the press that the theremin would 'replace the classical orchestra'). Such music relied on the existence of skilled players . . .
Lucie Rosen and Clara Rockmore were the foremost exponents in the 40s and 50s (Martinu wrote the Fantasie for Rosen, and Rockmore premiered the Fuleihan), but Rosen was seriously injured in the 1950s in a car crash which left her unable to play (unfortunately, contemporary reviews also reveal that Lucie was a pretty mediocre player) Rockmore's stage career peaked in the late 30s/ early 40s, but for whatever reason dissolved thereafter. Her 'Art of the Theremin' recordings were made in the 70s from her New York apartment long after she retired. Besides Hoffman (who used the theremin largely as a novelty) there were no sufficiently skilled thereminists in the USA (and certainly not in Europe) for whom major works could be composed.
Hoffman's style and the obscurity of the instrument lent weight to the whole sci-fi genre etc. etc. which is why so much of the material from the 40s fits neatly into that category - obviously the theremin was quickly usurped by synthesisers in the 50s, because they were cheaper to hire, easier to play and more widely available. They could also play more complicated melodies, and were more diverse timbrally. Post 'Music out of the Moon' (i.e post 1947), Hoffman secured no more major record deals, and even the perfume/moon series can't really be called Major. The Tannerin and synthesizers replaced Hoffman's skills, and he died not long afterwards.
Furthermore, by the late 1940s/50s, the dream that the Theremin would become another orchestral instrument was dead. There was no reason to write music in the old classical idiom - in fact, the old classical idiom itself was dying, or at least evolving away from concerti and chamber music.
The Theremin resurgence was slow, and Moog's instruments didn't really reach the eyes of many prolific composers. In Russia quite a lots of music was written in the 1980s/90s by the students of Lydia Kavina (and indeed by Lydia herself), but most of this falls into the realms of ephemera and marginalia.
The overruling fact is really that there've never been enough players for major works to develop. I do feel however that such discussion probably falls outside the realms of a 12-year-old's project (although I myself recall being equally precocious doing my school projects!) Listing the aforementioned pieces should suffice – maybe he could locate some recordings of them to play? Put a CD as an appendix?
Thanks Charlie, that's brilliant and confirms the picture he's presented, but makes much more sense of why.
Re 1947; He's got Andrei Paschenko, Joseph Schillinger, Bohuslav Martinu Anis Fuleihan, Nicolai Berezovsky, Jeno Szanto, Friedrich Wilkens, Isidor Achron and Nicolas Slonimsky, as writing from 1924 up to 1947, and then the score for spellbound written by Miklos Rosza in 1947 and after that for a long time the Theramin being mainly for special effects .
(he has Varesse and Ecuatorial, down as written for Theremin cello, performed in 34, rewritten and adapted for an Ondes Martenot to be performed in 61. Next main performance by Lydia Kavina in 99, and in 2003 on new Theremin cellos made by Floyd Engels.)
I know what you mean about stretching it, but his teacher has supplied section titles, such as history, how it works, major works, conclusion, bibliography etc. I think she was assuming they'd all do things like violin and trumpet. TBH most of them wont do anything and his teacher probably wont do more than scan read his, but keeping him interested in stuff has to be a good thing.
Thomas Grillo
From: Jackson Mississippi
What about that work performed by Pamelia Kurstin and pianist Makoto Ozone on the Etherwave Pro DVD?
Anyone know if that was an original work for theremin, or not?
Arti,
Brian Wilson / Beach Boys: we're quite certain it's a "no". Plenty is known about the instrument they used, which is known as a "Tannerin" today. (A similar instrument is presently manufactured under the name "Persephone".) Actually, if you can find the old movie of what we would today call the "music video" the beach boys originally made for the song, you can even see, superimposed in the background, a finger sliding around on the instrument during parts of the song.
Star Trek: It's singers, not a Theremin. You see, the song had lyrics other than "oooo", and since it was performed with singers, the studio had to pay the royalty to the lyricist even though the lyrics weren't used. The lyricist was Gene Roddenberry. The song has been performed on the Theremin (by Robby Virus and by Armen Ra), but not on any of the soundtracks of the Star Trek television shows or films.
The Simpsons, I'm not sure if we've resolved what that one is with certainty (anyone? anyone? bueller? bueller?) but I believe the producers have expressed their interest in someday learning the Theremin and that they wish they could have a real Theremin, so we're fairly sure it's not a Theremin.
And if you know about Doctor Who, you know it's not a Theremin, right? The song was originally put together by manually splicing together bits of tape of recorded tones, and later versions were performed on a synthesizer.
If your son wants to mention uses of the Theremin in media, the best examples are probably Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound, and Robert Wise's The Day The Earth Stood Still. If you want more contemporary examples, three contemporary movies I can say with certainty used real Theremin are Ed Wood (Theremin by Lydia Kavina), Hellboy (Theremin by Robby Virus), and Monster House (Theremin by Charles Richard Lester).
What design have you and your son selected for him to build, that he has to gather components for? You do know there are several kits on the market, right? I'm all for the patience-building exercise of selecting an unusual design and collecting the parts and then putting it together, but I just want to make sure you know you can also buy a kit for about $80 and it'll include everything but the soldering iron. See my Theremin web pages (http://theremin.tomfarrell.org/) for details. Should you do the Silicon Chip / Jaycar original design, please make certain to contact me so I can give you some additional info on making it a better instrument.
Posted: 2/11/2007 4:35:29 AM 10
Spellbound was written/recorded '45, the Spellbound Concerto was last performed by Hoffman in '64, 4 years before he died.
If you're *really* stuck, try this, but bear in mind that many are still terribly obscure. Those featured on Lydia's CD (check Amazon) are probably the most well-known the later theremin-specific works:
http://www.lydiakavina.com/repert.html