KATICA ILLÉNYI - Once Upon a Time in the West - Theremin 

The 'young lady' was close to 50 at the time of that recording and, yes, she is very beautiful.

indeed!

i dont think so is so young to be called a young lady. Although she looks young in her age.

Dan, calling her a "young lady" makes me think maybe you heard the Theremin when it was invented. I kill. 😂😂😂

Yes , special, not more.

Unhappy and tormented people. Can't find better explanation.

I also don't understand the negative comments and deslikes! Maybe insensitivity ?! Extraordinary performance

@@danstrayer111 I would be a Trump voter if I was in the U.S. an I gave it a thumbs up. You must be a Hillary voter.

Theremin

David Filer,the BBC RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP gang were doing this sort of music before you were born,I know that because if you WERE born then,well you would have known that is IS proper music like it was done when you were a kid! Think "Journey into Space" effects in the 1950's,"Doctor Who" theme,through all the series' that was ever made,and countless other tracks..yeah also "Sparky's Magic Piano"...now if you remember all this as a kid,then you shouldn't really criticise this Theramin music...just sayin'!

Well Jean Michel Jarre also plays the Theremin and is also perfect. If I am right he made his Theremin himself.

Good time to be alive. We have so many great video performances to enjoy, eh?

Clara Rockmore is another great theremin player.

Estou emocionada. Perfeito!!!

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its magic

I heard once that it's the only instrument you can play without actually touching it. I Like that ... ... as for how, it's (basically) done by capacitance. (And that is indeed a tough one to explain~!)

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It can sound like a lot of things. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-faf0XBkBYeQ.html is a beautiful performance (by Katice again!) on a 90-year-old one, which to me sounds very like a cello.

بالفعل روعة

Этот инструмент изобрёл ТЕРМЕН и он называется ТЕРМЕНВОКС. Автор играл на нем для Ленина и выступал с гастролями в США.

it's in the beach boys song "good vibrations," I believe. (it might be in the Ghostbusters original soundtrack, by Elmer Bernstein, too.)

ce sont les ondes Martenot...

I’m 10 months later then you bro don’t worry but yes it is

Thank you for the information. I was curious about who the original vocalist is.

I agree. I love harp and theremin music. Katica makes a very difficult instrument look easy, all the while looking beautiful.

And now 88 and still going strong. She gave so much to bringing the magic of Sergio and Ennio’s genius to millions .

The original vocalist of the sound track was EDDA D'ELL ORSO, still alive at the age 87 years. This is a loving tribute to her and to the beauty of the THEREMIN. Katika gets the right note

Unfortunately I can't remember their names off the top of my head but there's two or three good theremin artists out there now.

@@mark-1234 A woman named Claudia did I believe the best of this wonderful music. Don't have her last name. Starts with a C. Look under Once Upon a Time in the West by Claudia. This instrument the lady played was awesome.

she is also a violin virtuoso

@@miku1983 To be so talented. Thanks.

@@marylawson6060 Or Carolina Eyck possibly? Her Ecstasy of Gold Morricone cover is stunning.

No fame

The only instrument you play without touching it.

Never seen one either, gorgeous I reckon. ;)

@@mareksimon3659 You could also play pan flute without touching it :-) No big problem, just fix the instrument on the stand and blow air into the tube of your choice.

Disney's classics movies and classic cine. Always it was here, but we were very young( childrens)

This lady was nearly 42 here. But yes, she has phenomenal skill at this instrument (and does other things, see ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6Dz9Oi2Keug.html!).

I thought it was called a zither long ago movie with orson wells and Joe cotton big record of third man theme magnificent instrument

@@waterlily6543 That is indeed a zither - and that's one of the classic pieces for it, by Anton Karas. However, I've no idea how you are confusing it with the theremin: the zither is a plucked or strummed string instrument - like a harp layed down (can also be played with little hammers) - whereas the theremin is like no other instrument, played by moving your hands near it in the air. And Katice is one of the few virtuosi on it. And she is also a violin vortuoso. And she sings (not IMO always the right material, but oft-times very successfully). And she tap-dances! See ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0hqi74yLnpc.html I think she may also whistle.

I suppose this one theremin is a good quality one. Logically we have 2 triodes for oscillators, and 2 to 4 more for Low Amplification amplifications. wich brings it to 6 triodes max, but i can see many settings on it so it may have 2 triodes more for effects. Nowadays the same can be done with transistors but nostalgy is a fashion in musical world. AFAIK the sound is NOT better with Triodes.

@@jeanyves5380 By triodes, I think you mean valves (UK)/tubes (US). [A triode is indeed a valve/tube, but not the only sort.] I'm not going to get into the argument about which is better; however, for the theremin, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-faf0XBkBYeQ.html is Katice playing a 90-year-old one (which must certainly have valves/tubes), and to me sounds very like a cello.

Yes grazie ennio rip

Ennio is one of my all time favorites

By chance are you a Thunderbird class of 1978 and go to Penn State?

The planet Irth will never see the likes of Morricone again. Katica's performance sends chills up my spine.

Чудо просто!

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Well put!🗿

truly. she does it so effortlessly, I don't think people realize how challenging theremins are to play!

My words. I'm an owner of a Theremin and i can't play it 'clean'.

How about Clara rockmore and Swan Lake

Pues fue un ruso creo quien lo inventó para detectar radares

@@pakidominguez5392 Лев Сергеевич Термен был выдающимся изобретателем радиотехником и профессиональным музыкантом к тому же. Можно найти записи того, как он играет на Терменвоксе в старости и записи начала XX века

I'd never seen or heard of a theremin.Was expecting lady to sing ,but was i surprised . It was beautifully played.

I tried playing one a few years ago at our local music store. It was fun making wild sounds but to make music with it would take years of trial and error moments. Katica's playing ability is awesome. She has mastered a very tricky instrument.

@@harbarjor4394 Yes, she's great: Also watch her "Hungarian Dance No 5", her "Cszardas" and her "Bubamara"

Why should anybody care if youre black, yellow or green?

@@amjan cause it maters, that's why

It seems to me, that only white liberal people are worry to look racist. Too many others don't even care to BE racist.@@user-ek3em5km5r

@@user-ek3em5km5r it doesn't

How did she died?

Haha agree

@@user-Doggo101 She didn't (I assume you are talking about the performer). But the creator of this piece passed away this year, Ennio Morricone. He was a guy, first of all. And he composed this masterpiece. This piece was composed in 1968 for the movie Once Upon a Time in the West. By far the best Western movie ever created. Fun fact, this piece was covered by various artists, but I'd hoist quite unique cover by Věra Špinarová, where she added lyrics to the song. Retitled "Jednoho dne se vrátíš" (Once You'll Finally Return) she also came to interest by Ennio himself, and Ennio said she made very good rendition to his music. According to him, he didn't understand what were the lyrics about, but he liked it anyway. And so do I. It's a shame she passed away two years ago. I only found her legacy not so long before that...

Yes

The first time I saw the Theremin, I freaked out, really. How is it that an instrument was played like this, with energy? I promise you, it literally scared me.

Klasse Leute

SHE'S GETTING ON A BIT

@@booney1412 and getting better

Indeed,can't get those scenes out of my head either.......

Alex Hamilton played the original recording of this song at my mothers memorial service. I cry every time I hear it, mostly because it’s such a beautiful song also because I miss my mother dearly.

Another box of tissues bite the dust! Just beautiful.

Também acho esta canção e de outra esfera incrível eu amo .e vaz sentir na alma algo tão puro me faz chorar muito

You are not familiar with the classic TV series Star Trek?

@@rkelsey3341 The original Alexander Courage theme music composed for and used on the original series was not played on a theremin. It was performed by a mixture of instruments with vocals by the late coloratura soprano Loulie Jean Norman to get an "unearthly" sound.

@@rkelsey3341 Not a theremin. Coloratura soprano Loulie Jean Norman plus instruments. No theremin.

"Morricone"

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+JTK52537 Yes thats very good too, I have all the Clint Eastwood's westerns, I must get a life.

JTK52537

fatboy slim And i think it was for the best. Eastwood has his brilliant trilogy, while this movie is a stand-alone masterpiece.

His music for the movie "The Mission" is equally wonderful.

this is very beautiful, not to dissimilar to Patricia Janeckova voicing it at 12 years old, both are stunning

Yes, it does sound like a female soprano's voice.