Luigi Russolo
Luigi Russolo (30 April 1883 – 4 February 1947) was a painter and musician from Italy. He was part of the Futurism movement and built his own musical instruments. His instruments were destroyed in World War II in Paris, because the Germans bombed the city, others have simply disappeared.[1]
Luigi Russolo | |
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![]() Luigi Russolo ca. 1916 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Luigi Russolo |
Born | 30 April 1883 |
Died | 4 February 1947 | (aged 63)
Genres | Experimental music, Avant-garde |
Occupation(s) | "Machine music" pioneer Futurist painter Custom instrument builder |
Years active | 1901-1947 |
Luigi Russolo Media
Russolo and his assistant Ugo Piatti in their Milan studio in 1913 with the Intonarumori (noise machines)
Sintesi plastica dei movimenti di una donna, 1912 oil on canvas, Museum of Grenoble
Russolo's Grave in Laveno-Mombello
1913 score of en-harmonic notation, for Intonarumori
Sources
- ↑ Barclay Brown, "The Noise Instruments of Luigi Russolo", Perspectives of New Music 20, nos. 1 & 2 (Fall-Winer 1981, Spring-Summer 1982): 31–48; citation on 36