Here are some materials related to this morning’s lecture on various currents in early electronic music:
The Futurists
Marinetti’s Futurust Manefesto (1909), the philosophical foundations of Futurism
Russolo’s Intonarumori (noise instruments) in an exhibition and in performance.
Mechanical and early electronic instruments
Thaddeus Cahill’s Telharmonium (1906)
George Antheil’s Ballet Mecanique (1924) — also a version at the National Gallery showing instruments.
The Theremin, played by Clara Rockmore (virtuosi)
Musique concrète
Pierre Schaeffer – “Etude aux Chemins de Fer”
Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry’s Symphony for a Man Alone, Mvt. 1: Prossopopeé I
Elektronische Musik
Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Studie I (1953)
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Gesang der Jünglinge (1955/1956)
Varese and the Phillips Pavilion
Details on the building itself, images and descriptions of the work
Some further background, images, and virtual video
Poème électronique (1958), with video “overlay”
Marc Treib’s Space Calculated in Seconds, a book on the piece
Deatils on the “Vitual Electronic Poem Project“, a contemporary realization