Ferruccio Busoni

Luigi Russolo

Bruno Corra

Francesco Balilla Pratella

Carlo Carrà

The music and noise manifestos of the Italian Futurists formed a blueprint for sonic warfare waged against traditionalism, a radical new agenda played out with machines primed for maximal acoustic destruction and aimed at the negation of all existing value systems. THE ART OF NOISE collects together these and other writings for the first time in English, showing how the origins of modern noise music actually date from a century ago, forming an invaluable insight into Futurist thought and its most enduring and relevant legacies, and revealing how an understanding of noise-art is key to a complete comprehension of Futurist painting. THE ART OF NOISE includes five key Futurist manifestos: Luigi Russolo's "The Art of Noises” and "The Futurist Noise Machines”, and Francesco Balilla Pratella's "Manifesto of Futurist Musicians”, "Technical Manifesto of Futurist Music”, and "Destruction of Quadrature”; plus Carlo Carrà's related sensory manifesto "The Painting of Sounds, Noises and Smells”; Bruno Corra's notes on "Chromatic Music”; proto-Futurist Ferrucchio Busoni's visionary and influential "Sketch for a New Aesthetic of Sound Art”; a historical introduction on Futurist music and its legacy; and a chronology of Futurist music and noise.

Destruction of Music by Futurist Machines

The Art of Noise

John Walker

"'Sam Dunn is Dead' was described by its author as a 'Futurist novel', yet one will search in vain for any mention of this work in anthologies or histories of Futurism. Sam Dunn's erasure is doubtless because it is so unlike anything else produced by Futurism (so ardent, so masculine, so positive and so absurdly serious). 'Sam Dunn' is none of these, being, above all else, a great small masterpiece of black humour. Not only is [it] at once funny, despairing, cerebral and ludicrous, it also traces a history in miniature of the modern spirit." --

Futurist Novel

Sam Dunn is Dead

romanzo

La famiglia innamorata

Bruno Corra

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