Musica Futurista: The Art Of Noises

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Label: Salon Recordings

[Description]
Standard jewel case with 12 page booklet;
Liner notes in English, dated May 2004;

[Back tray insert text]
A 74 minute audio anthology combining original period recordings by Marinetti, Russolo and others with contemporary performances of works by key Futurist composers and theorists. Booklet includes rare images and detailed historical notes by James Hayward.
Salon Recordings is a division of LTM. Made in England.

[Booklet text]
Music & Words from the Italian Futurist Movement 1909-1935, including original recordings by Marinetti / Russolo / Pratella
With thanks to Barclay Brown, Daniele Lombardi, Caroline Tisdali, Angelo Bozzola, Michael Walsh, Bob Osborn and Gary Lachman.
Thanks also to The Estorick Collection, London.

The front cover image shows Luigi Russolo and Ugo Piatti with assorted intonarumori in their Milan laboratory circa 1914. CD layout by Julien Potter at The Boxroom. The material by Pratella, Grandi, Mix, Casavola and Napoletano, and the extracts from Risveglio di una Città and the Cinque Sintesi Radiofoniche, are released under licence from Daniele Lombardi / Fonoteca CEI

[Tracklist info]
Tracks 1, 5: These historic recordings by Marinetti of The Battle of Adrianopolis and Definition of Futurism were recorded in April 1924 and issued by the Società Nazionale del Grammofono (La Voce del Padrone) as R6915.
Tracks 2 to 4: Three dances composed in 1913 and dedicated to the painter Esodo Pratelli. Piano performance by Daniele Lombardi recorded in 1978.
Tracks 6 to 10: this fragment was performed by Daniele Lombardi in 1978 using five intonarumori reconstructed for the Venice Biennale in 1977.
Tracks 11, 12: In 1924 the Società Nazionale del Grammofono (La Voce del Padrone) released three records of Futurist works, one of which (R6919/20) was Corale and Serenata.
Track 13: Recorded in 1931, this rare disc originally appeared on the Columbia label (DQ3661/CB 10663). Relatively little is known about Giuntini, who here accompanies Marinetti on improvised piano.
Track 14: written between 1926 and 1928. Piano performance by Daniele Lombardi recorded in 1978.
Track 15: Piano performance by Daniele Lombardi recorded in 1978.
Track 16, 17: The two preludes (Assai calmo and Molto largo e drammatico) were published in 1923 and dedicated to the writer Alberto Carocci. The Synthetic Profile also dates from 1923, and was performed the following year on a tour of several Italian cities by Nuovo Teatro Futurista. Piano performance by Daniele Lombardi recorded in 1978.
Track 18, 19: Prigionieri was a play written in 1927 by Marinetti. Dance of the Monkeys dates from about 1925, but was not published until 1931. Piano performance by Daniele Lombardi recorded in 1978.
Track 20: he composed this piece (for piano and four hands) for Fortunato Depero's I balli plastici (The Plastic Dances), performed in Rome in April 1918. In 1922/23 it was recorded by Casella in London as a piano roll (Duo Art D227), a copy of which was used by Antonio Latanza to make this recording.
Track 21: Another historic recording by Marinetti, Parole in libertà dates from circa 1920. His concept of ‘free words’ rejected syntax and punctuation, and in printed form revolusionised typography.
Track 22: Period jazz performed by Matty Malneck (1904-1981) and Frank Signorelli (1901-1975),
Track 23: In October 1933 Marinetti launched his Manifesto Futurista della Radia, which offered radio as a ‘pure organism of radiophonic sensations.’ The original score comprises precise directions as to the sound sources required, and their relative length, some pieces making extensive use of silence. This performance by Daniele Lombardi was recorded in 1978.

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Made In England