AETHERPHON, global theremin family

Hello to all!

Last July I upgraded my recording facilities and wanted to choose a  
work that would require multi-tracks, some midi, etc... to put the new  
equipment through its paces.  The Franck "Prelude, Fugue, and  
Variation" emerged as a good subject for such a project.

Part of my approach to learning the Theremin is to work on  
transcriptions.  Transcriptions force me to work through awkward  
passages on the Theremin and give me an opportunity to focus on  
music-making without the added workload of composing.

Another opportunity is the possibility of uncovering a work that  
sounds great on the Theremin.

A web search of the Franck "Prelude, Fugue, and Variation" revealed  
that it has been transcribed for many instruments including guitars  
and accordians.  So to do this on the Theremin is, if not a first, the  
first time it has been presented on the internet.

I decided to realize the non-theremin tracks with my Aries Modular  
Synth to create a work with 100% analog sound sources.  The Aries is  
used to accompany the "Prelude" and "Variation" sections which feature  
a solo Theremin voice.  The middle section is entirely with Theremin  
tracks.

In the course of this transcription, I used all the preset timbre  
settings on the Etherwave Pro plus one user-settable setting.  The  
middle section (the Fugue) uses different timbre settings to mimic  
different divisions (keyboards) on a pipe organ.  The loudest parts  
use up to nine Theremin tracks.

Besides using all the timbres, I used most of the playable range of  
the Theremin, doubling treble parts an octave above the score (same as  
using 4' organ stops) and doubling the bass to add a 16' register (if  
you have big speakers you'll enjoy the low "pedal" notes that go clear  
down to a 16' C#).

The link below will take you to my website page from where you can  
download/or listen to this work (it is a 10meg file so will take a  
couple of minutes to download).

http://kevinkissinger.com/FranckPfv.shtml

Hope you enjoy this.  Thank you for listening and for reading this post.

-- Kevin