Re: (idm) piss off, Eric B., Africa threads

From Drusca
Sent Mon, Aug 23rd 1999, 21:40

Kevin M Ryan wrote:

> I've seriously read Marinetti and
> Luigi Russolo but never heard Futurist music.  I'm just
> getting started in avant garde music and am always
> receptive to recommendations for recordings.

Edgar Varese is really the most talented composer attached to that
school.
A 2CD set of his complete works came out on London/Decca recently.
You've gotta hear this piece "Deserts" which includes a tape part. It's
sooo noisy.

> I guess that's because John Cage to me is more of a
> musical philosopher than a musician.

Italian composer Berio made a revealing comment about Cage when he said
that even though Cage doesn't like to put intent into his pieces they
still sound like Cage.

> Marinetti: "Glorify war, the only cleanser of the world."

You've gotta be careful with the Futurists. They tended to be fascists,
chauvinists, xenophobes, etc..

Andrei