The Art of Noises - Luigi Russolo 1913 an early Futurist

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I found this blog entry accidentally by doing an image search on the architect Peter Cook (blue building in link). Anyway, there are several links in the short article, one to a sound sample, another music video, and finally one to the article which inspired the blog entry back in 2007 - enjoy.

Part-1 : Futurist painter and composer Luigi Russolo
http://theburnlab.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html

The picture above is of Russolo and his assistant Ugo Piatti with their "Intonarumori" in 1913. These acoustic generators were constructed to create specific sounds inspired by the modern world, and were played together as a sort of noise symphony. Russolo and Marinetti first performed the Intonorumori in 1914. Marinetti later described the experience of demonstrating the noise intoners to the public as like "showing the first steam engine to a herd of cows."

Article referenced in blog:
http://120years.net/machines/futurist/art_of_noise.html

Similar article found doing a Google search:
Luigi Russolo: How The Art of Noise Revolutionized 20th Century Music
http://www.thehydramag.com/2010/08/...t-of-noise-revolutionized-20th-century-music/

Luigi Russolo at his Russolophone (1930)