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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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 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
...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 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Their Future is Now,
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This review is from: The Art of Noises (Monographs in Musicology) (Hardcover)
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. Thank you, Luigi.
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The Holy Bible of Noise, Industrial, and Experimental music!,
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This review is from: The Art of Noises (Monographs in Musicology) (Hardcover)
Before Einsturzende Neubauten, before Throbbing Gristle, before Merzbow, etc. there was a movement called Futurism. Luigi Russolo's early instrument constructions were a major part of this movement and would go on to influence many important figures in music and sound (John Cage comes to mind) and would also influence the early rumblings of what we now call Noise, Industrial,or Experimental music. Even watered-down performers such as Blue Man Group and Stomp owe Russolo a major debt that can be compared to what Chuck Berry and Little Richard did for Rock and Roll. If you have even a passing interest in any of the above mentioned movements or musics, consider this the gospel of the genre(s). THANK YOU,LUIGI RUSSOLO!!! BRING THE NOISE!!!
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