The Art of Noises (Monographs in Musicology) - Hardcover
The slim volume of essays, presented here for the first time in English translation, is one of the significant documents of musical aesthetics of this century. If the book itself has remained the province of a mere handful of readers, its ideas, passed on through a variety of later musical and literary movements, became the inspiration for some of the most innovative artistic creations of modern times. Luigi Russolo anticipated-indeed, he may have precipitated-a whole range of musical and aesthetic notions that formed the basis of much of the avant-garde thought of the past several decades. His ideas were absorbed, modified, and eventually transmitted to later generations by a number of movements and individuals-among them the futurists, the Dadaists, and a number of composers and writers of the nineteen-twenties. The noise instruments he invented fascinated and infuriated his contemporaries, and he was among the earliest musicians to put the often-discussed microtone to regular practical use in Western music. Russolo's views looked forward to the time when composers would exercise an absolute choice and control of the sounds that their music employed. He was the precursor of electronic music before electronics had come of age.
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Text: English, Italian (translation)
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Historically it is a very important document but it actually contains information that is relevant for some of artistic explorations today and, may even now have some value for future developments. --Otto Luening
...a manifesto of tremendous historical significance... This is essential reading. --Dean Suzuki, Option
After reading The Art of Noises you may never hear the world in the same way again. --Richard Kadrey Whole Earth Review 1/89
...a manifesto of tremendous historical significance... This is essential reading. --Dean Suzuki, Option
After reading The Art of Noises you may never hear the world in the same way again. --Richard Kadrey Whole Earth Review 1/89
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- PublisherPendragon Pr
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0918728576
- ISBN 13 9780918728579
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages92
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The Art of Noises (Monographs in Musicology No. 6)
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (1986.) Hardcover without dust jacket as issued. 8vo with 87 pages. The book is in very good condition with very slight shelf wear. Interior is clean and tight. Small neat notation on front pastedown."Ambient, noise, environmental, industrial and experimental musics ALL owe a debt to Luigi Russolo. This book captures so much of what these modern musics are trying to convey.one of the significant documents of musical aesthetics of this century." Green cloth spine/Black text. Size: 8vo. Music / Musicology. Seller Inventory # 034010
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