Google, on wat would have been her 105th birthday, published a doodle of the Theremin virtuoso Clara Rockmore this week.
How good was she? This good.
Google, on wat would have been her 105th birthday, published a doodle of the Theremin virtuoso Clara Rockmore this week.
How good was she? This good.
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It’s most likely the piano accompaniment is by her sister, Nadia Reisenberg. They were quite a pair, Clara having studied violin in her youth. What she got from being a Theremin player than your regular violinist and set her apart, was the mystic aura of conjuring music from thin air and the face to go with it, too.
That must be a “local” doodle. It doesn’t show in the US. Is there a link to it?
It was from the 9th. I noticed it here in the US.
Link: http://www.google.com/doodles/clara-rockmores-105th-birthday