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  • From: John Iwaniszek <not AT hotmail.com>
  • To: ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: Calling all bigots (everyone here)
  • Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 16:55:13 GMT

James Hepler wrote:

> So I was wondering, when was the birth of "pop" music?
> I was always of the perspective that pop music has
> always existed, that which was pop being determined by
> the taste of the time.
>
> For instance, I'm having a conversation with some kids
> and we're trying to figure out the earliest appearance
> of electronic instruments in pop music. My first
> inclination was to bring up Clara Rockmore's use of
> the theremin in the 20's and 30's.
>
> Many would consider that style of music to be
> classical. And there was other stuff being played
> that might be considered more popular at the time, but
> for some reason I stillc ling to the idea that those
> songs that Theremin and Rockmore played in the first
> years of the theremin count as use of electronic
> insturments in pop music.
>
> BTW, here's a site with some mp3's of Rockmore and
> Theremin playing, as well as several other
> thereministas.
>
> http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ru_en&tru
> rl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.theremin.ru%2fdata%2findex.html
>



Abba invented pop.




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