Luigi Russolo was born on the 30th of April, 1885, in Portogruaro, Italy. He was fascinated with concepts of what might be, embracing all that was modern and the potential within... Futurism, as developed by another Italian, F T Marinetti. He painted, created 'music', and designed and built strange new 'instruments'. His focus was on methods of creating sound to echo the mechanical world. (Read more.)
This item is less than four minutes long... One could be tempted to dismiss it, but think of the industry that had developed by the start of the 20th century. Here we are made to reflect on the sounds of factories, machines of many kinds, vehicles, and growing urban spaces. I found it surprisingly compelling... (That's Luigi, on the left, with help playing his intonarumori).
Only a genius could have imagined all that in early 20th century.
ReplyDeleteAmazing , Great post
ReplyDeletewow what an idea... I love such people who followed their ideas and dreams..
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of a Charlie Chaplin movie, and of course, Gershwin in his American in Paris portrays all kinds of cityscape sounds.
ReplyDeleteThat was fun to listen to and to wonder what industial thing(s) he was trying to mimic!