ondes martenot

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Etymology

From French ondes Martenot (literally “Martenot waves”), named after Maurice Martenot (1898–1980).

Noun

ondes martenot (plural ondes martenot)

  1. (music) An early electric keyboard instrument.
    Synonym: ondes musicales
    Coordinate term: theremin
    • 2017, Christopher Dingle, Messiaen's Final Works, Routledge, →ISBN, page 34:
      The score calls for three ondes Martenot, which are arranged spatially on the left, the right and in front of the conductor.
    • 2018, Robert Philip, The Classical Music Lover's Companion to Orchestral Music, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 465:
      After another alternation of the two elements, there is a more playful episode, in which flute and bassoon take up the first element, with swooping glissando on the ondes Martenot.

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