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‖ Ondes Martenot|ɔ̃d martəno|
Also Ondes, Ondes Musicales, Ondium Martenot.
[After F. ondes musicales, lit. musical waves; named by and after Maurice Martenot (b. 1898), its inventor.]
An electronic keyboard musical instrument, capable of producing only one note at a time.
1936E. S. Bensinger tr. K. London's Film Music iv. 177 Before all others, let us recommend the Ondium Martenot, the apparatus derived from Theremin's ether-wave music, but with the sound-scale anchored on a keyboard, so that no sound-fluctuations are possible. 1937Nature 6 Feb. 215/1 The author's brief treatment of the comparatively new electro-musical instruments, the Ondium Martenot, the trautonium and the Neo-Bechstein piano, is also good. 1940C. Sachs Hist. Mus. Instrum. (1942) 448 The most important monophonic instruments are Maurice Martenot's Ondes musicales (1928) [etc.]. 1954Grove's Dict. Mus. (ed. 5) V. 591/1 Martenot..is the inventor of a radio-electric instrument called Ondes Musicales (now usually called Ondes Martenot by composers who score for it), which he first brought out in 1928. Ibid. 591/2 In 1937 he organized concerts with a team of eight Ondes. 1957Manvell & Huntley Technique Film Music ii. 37 Ondes Martenot: an electronic instrument of great versatility, first introduced in 1928. It combines the principle of the Thérémin with a keyboard, adding additional devices for vibrato and glissando effects. 1977Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Mar. 277/2 As a music student he earned a living by playing the ondes martenot in pit orchestras. |