Futurism

• Manifesto of Futurist Musicians – Pratella
• Technical Manifesto of Futurist Music – Pratella
• Abstract Cinema – Chromatic Music – Corra
• The Art of Noise – Russolo. The complete text of this important manifesto for you to download in a beautifully presented e-version!
• Manifesto of Synopsy or Visual Transposition of Music – Bragaglia et al
• Musical Improvisation – Bartoccini, Mantia
• Futurist Music – Casavola
• Visual Synthesis Of Music – Casavola, Luciani, Bragaglia
• Chromatic Atmospheres of Music – Cassavola
• Scenoplastic Versions of Music – Cassavola
• Illustrated Music – Cassavola
• Futurist Manifesto of the Musical City – Futurist Group of Verona
• Futurist Manifesto of Geometric, Synthetic and Curative Aeromusic – Giuntini
• African Poetry, Music and Architecture – A Futurist Manifesto – Marinetti et al
• Manifesto of Musical Worlds – Alphabet in Freedom – Marinetti, Crali

• Futurismo: its origins, Context Repertory, and Influence (Mark A. Radice) – available via WebCT
• The Noise Instruments of Luigi Russolo (Barclay Brown) – available via WebCT
• The Music of Futurism: Concerts and Polemics (Rodney J. Payton) – available via WebCT

• A New Musical Reality: Futurism, Modernism, and “The Art of Noises” (Robert P. Morgan) – from UbuWeb
• Daniele Lombardi – Home site of contemporary pianist, writer, artist and Futurism expert, Daniele Lombardi, including the article Futurism and Musical Notes

• The Sound World, Instruments and Music of Luigi Russolo (Hugh Davies) – an interesting article on Russolo’s Noise Intoners
• Intonarumori (Valerio Saggini) – another article on Russolo’s machines
• Luigi Russolo’s Intonarumori at Medien Kunst Netz
• The “Intonorumori” (1913), “Rumorarmonio” (1922), and the “Enharmonic Piano” (1931) at 120 Years of Electronic Music
• Acoustics of the Intonarumori (Stefania Serafin) – an short article detailing reconstruction of the Intonarumori
• Synthesis and control of everyday sounds reconstructing Russolo’s Intonarumori (Stefania Serafin et al) – a detailed explanation of the reconstruction of the Croaker)
• Recordings of Luigi Russolo’s Intonarumori:
  • Corale (Ogg format)
  • Serenata (Ogg format)
  • Esempi Sonori
  • Risveglio di una Città

‘In 1913 Luigi Russolo published his futurist manifesto, ‘The Art of Noise’ – a pamphlet that imagined a utopian world where a new music would be created from the noises of the city. In order to realise this dream, he created an orchestra of ‘intonarumori’, or noise-makers. Reconstructions of these huge instruments are currently on display at the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art in London, and Tom Service went along to see if he could create his own 21st-century version of Russolo’s futurist symphonies.’