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What was Leon Theremin's full birth name?

  • Lev Termen

  • Igor Fyodorovich

  • Nikolai Vasiliev

  • Alexei Maximovich

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Lev Sergeyevich Termen, popularly known as Leon Theremin, was a renowned Russian physicist and inventor who gained global recognition for his pioneering work in electronic music. He is widely celebrated as the creator of the world's first electronic musical instrument, Theremin, an instrument that produces eerie, otherworldly sounds when a performer moves hands near its metal antennas without physically touching it.
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