MUS 114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: String Section, Cello, Luigi Russolo
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Still wished to deploy his instruments in concert settings. Still thought of his noise-devices as musical instruments. (cid:862)the a(cid:449)ake(cid:374)i(cid:374)g of the city(cid:863): his (cid:272)o(cid:373)positio(cid:374) Notated with blocks of duration for each musical device all sustaining sounds! No audible meter or rhythm or tempo, since everything is continuous. The compulsive reading of sound as a time measurer. Russolo"s (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)erts (cid:449)ere scandalous events, but enthusiastically greeted by other avant-gardists (this term has original source from the military, but still had musical terms) advanced guards. Satie, stravinsky, antheil, diaghilev, mondrian, ezra pound, ravel were fans. But there is little (cid:373)ore tha(cid:374) (cid:862)(cid:272)ult i(cid:374)terest(cid:863) i(cid:374) russolo as a (cid:272)o(cid:373)poser or figure i(cid:374) music history. In art history and the history of ideas, he is crucial. George antheil (1900-1959): name means compassion in german: bad boy of early 20th century music, ballet mecanique (1925) American living in paris; from new jersey.
