In the second decade of the twentieth century, one of Italy’s most revolutionary artistic movements was born in the face of rapid technological and social change: Futurism.
One of its key figures was Luigi Russolo, a painter, inventor, and composer. In 1913, he published the manifesto ‘The Art of Noises’, which proclaimed that if the world’s sounds have changed, then music should keep up. Instead of using classical instruments and harmonies, Russolo advocated the use of noise – the hum, screech, shriek of the new soundworld of machines.
To realise his vision, he constructed a series of instruments called intonarumori (literally ‘noise intoners’). They were mechanical devices resembling boxes with large resonance tubes…
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