Luigi Russolo

Luigi Russolo
Luigi Russolo
	; Luigi Russolo ca. 1916
Background information
Birth name	Luigi Russolo
Born	30 April 1883
Died	February 4, 1947 (aged 63)
Genres	Experimental music
Occupations	"Machine music" pioneer; Futurist painter; Custom instrument builder
Years active	1901-1947

Luigi Russolo with his assistant Ugo Piatti and their Intonarumori (noise machines)

Luigi Russolo (April 30, 1885 – February 4, 1947) was an Italian Futurist painter and composer, and the author of the manifesto The Art of Noises (1913).^[1] He is often regarded as one of the first noise music experimental composers with his performances of "noise concerts" in 1913-14 and then again after World War I, notably in Paris in 1921.^[2] He is also one of the first theorists of electronic music.

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[1] mp3 audio files of the music of Luigi Russolo on UbuWeb
Three audio clips by Luigi Russolo: Serenata, Corale and Risveglio di una città. (Thereminvox.com)
Modern recordings of noise intoners and a fragment of Luigi Russolo's key Futurist

Ian Chilvers & John Glaves-Smith, A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art. Oxford University Press

^ Ian Chilvers & John Glaves-Smith, A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art. Oxford University Press, p.619
^ Ian Chilvers & John Glaves-Smith, A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art. Oxford University Press, p. 620

Persondata
NAME	Russolo, Luigi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Electronic music pioneer and Futurist painter
DATE OF BIRTH	1885-04-30
PLACE OF BIRTH	Portogruaro,
DATE OF DEATH	1947-02-04
PLACE OF DEATH	Cerro di Laveno

Luigi Russolo
Luigi Russolo ca. 1916
Background information
Birth name	Luigi Russolo
Born	30 April 1883(1883-04-30)
Died	February 4, 1947 (aged 63)
Genres	Experimental music
Occupations	"Machine music" pioneer Futurist painter Custom instrument builder
Years active	1901-1947