At the source of schwitters ursonate or sonate in urlauten sonata in primordial sounds are two plakatgedichte poster poems by raoul hausmann which. Although this form is entirely appropriate in the context of the ursonate s existence as an intermedia piece, i do not think that it was meant by kurt schwitters to be used as a performance score. Kurt schwitters ursonate complete poem with verses. Project muse creating a visual translation of kurt. Kurt schwitters ursonate bo progression with verses. Below the fold, you can find 9 versions of it by sound artists from around the world.
Pdf some words to kurt schwitters ursonate jaap blonk. Most of the dada and futurist performances of musicpoetry were not recorded or the recordings are lost. Schwitters, kurt 18871948 german artist, poet, essayist, dramatist, novelist, and shortstory writer. Raminish treats advanced choruses to this largely homophonic and fanfarelike work with energetic rhythms, a celebratory homage to j. Before and after exact reproduction of steps to a houses doorway in a residential neighborhood in mexico city. Refused by the berlin dadaists, he started a oneman dada group in hannover called merz. Kurt schwitters gave a new meaning to the phonetic poetry invented by raoul hausmann when he wrote one of his greatest pieces. Find more prominent pieces of figurative at best visual art database.
Kurt schwitters reads an extract from ursonate by the 1930s, schwitters, along with many other artists including ernst and arp, was considered degenerate by the nazis and he fled germany. It is the primeval sound, at once before and beyond sense. Lockdown sleep music 247, sleep therapy, sleep meditation, calm music, insomnia, study, spa, relax body mind zone 3,225 watching live now. Kurt schwitters ursonate, written between 1922 and 1932 was the greatest sound poem of the 20th century. If you see this text you use a browser which does not support usual webstandards. Just as collage is essentially the medium of irony, so schwitters life is characterized by paradox and enigma. Oooooooooooooooooooooooo, dll rrrrr beeeee bo dll rrrrr beeeee bo. Perhaps amazon should ask wergo for clarification of their claim.
Kurt schwitters 18871948 was a painter, sculptor, designer and writer and worked in several genres and media, including dada, constructivism, surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, sculpture, graphic design, typography, and what came to be known as installation art. Pianovocalchords, and instrumental solo in f major. Ursonate01sonate via cb bilingual edition pdf hypothesis kurt schwitters epic sound poem ursonate is an enigma that has perplexed scholars for decades, or would have done, had its solution not long been considered a sisyphean impossibility. Ursonate kurt schwitters performed by christian bok. Including photos, texts, historical introduction translation in german, french and english. Glory in the highest height, blazing with majestic light, shines in davids root and rod, the incarnate son of god. Kurt schwitters ursonate wccmta, april 2628, victoria, bc example 4. Before and after exact reproduction of steps to a houses. Schwitters is recognized for his unique contribution to twentiethcentury art and literature. This is a snippet of part 1 of the ursonate by kurt schwitters, which starts at 4.
Therefore the design of media art net will not display correctly. Some words to kurt schwitters ursonate, by jaap blonk kurt schwitters was born in hannover in 1887. The published version of the ursonate 2 is a concrete poem that was constructed byjan tschichold, the swiss typographer. Books performance was first introduced by paul bright, who discusses dada and schwitters stake in hybridity as an artist. He studied at the applied arts school, the art academy and the institute of technology. Wiki for collaborative studies of arts, media and humanities. Ursonate 192232 ursonate score mp3 versions of the ursonate in ubuweb sound audio works audio works of kurt schwitters in ubuweb sound kurt schwitters is generally acknowledged as the twentieth centurys greatest master of collage. The existance of this original recording is a miracle.
It took artist kurt schwitters ten years to write the epic sound poem ursonate, a sonata in primordial sound. Nov 01, 20 her performance of the ursonate was part of the letterforming exhibition, curated by hanes art gallery director paul bright and assistant director marcus keely. He moved to britain, where he spent the duration of the war at internment camps in scotland and the isle of man. Ons overzicht van alle artiesten beginnend met a pagina 2 van 92. Excluido del movimiento dada berlines, reacciono fundando dada hannover. Print and download es ist fur uns eine zeit angekommen sheet music by carsten gerlitz arranged for voice or piano. Eg 376 so nimm denn meine hande orgelbuch free pdf. All of kurt schwitterss original interpretations in addition to numerous later recordings of the ursonate have been available as mp3 files since 2008 on the kurt schwitters. Examples of thematic processes retrograde and vowel substitution repetition addition fumms bo wo taa zaa uu rakete rinnzekete fo uu zee tee wee bee fumms.
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