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Exciting Moments in the History of Sound Arts (1860-1960)

Exciting Moments in the History of Sound Arts (1860-1960). Phonautograph. First “recorded” sound: Au Claire de la Lune, 1860, Edouard -Leon Scott de Martinville. Recorded sound was visual before audible Linking of textuality & literacy with sound. Of course, this wasn’t entirely new….

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Exciting Moments in the History of Sound Arts (1860-1960)

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  1. Exciting Moments in the History of Sound Arts(1860-1960)

  2. Phonautograph • First “recorded” sound: Au Claire de la Lune, 1860, Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville

  3. Recorded sound was visual beforeaudibleLinking of textuality & literacy with sound

  4. Of course, this wasn’t entirely new…

  5. Au Claire de la Lune

  6. “The Art of Noises: Futurist Manifesto”Luigi Russolo, 1913 Pressure of worldly sound brought to bear on musical sound

  7. “Here are 6 families of noises of the futurist orchestra that we will soon realize mechanically: 1. Roars, thunderings, explosions, hissing roars, bangs, booms2. Whistling, hissing, puffing3. Whispers, murmurs, mumbling, muttering, gurgling4. Screeching, creaking, rustling, humming, crackling, rubbing5. Noises obtained by beating on metals, woods, skins, stones, pottery, etc.6. Voices of animals and people, shouts, screams, shrieks, wails, hoots, howls, death rattles, sobs”

  8. “Let us cross a large modern capital with our ears more sensitive than our eyes.”

  9. “Therefore, we invite talented and audacious young musicians to observe all noises attentively […] This will give them not only the understanding of but also the passion and the taste for noises. Our multiplied sensibility, having been conquored by futurist eyes, will finally have some futurist ears. Thus, the motors and machines of our industrial cities can one day be given pitches, so that every workshop will become an intoxicating orchestra of noises […]” --Russolo

  10. …Enter “musique concrete” Pierre Schaeffer, “Etude aux chemins de fer,” 1948

  11. Sound as Sound

  12. 4’ 33”

  13. I’ve Got a Secret, 1960

  14. Fluidity: ca. 1950s, 60s Dissolution of media Dissolution of disciplinarity Flow of art into life Analog synthesizers

  15. “PoemeElectronique,” 1958Edgard Varese & Le Corbusier

  16. “I heard my music literally projected into space…”

  17. Early Electronic Music

  18. MusiqueElectronique

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