A Young Person’s Guide to the Avant-Garde

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Annotation

A Young Person's Guide to the Avant-Garde is an accessible, comprehensive primer that surveys modernism and music in the 20th century, offering Futurist noise, dreamy Surrealism, Dada tone poetry, serialism, prepared pianos, musique concrète and early electronic composition.

Annotation last modified on 2013-11-02 23:24 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Vexations
piano:
Alan Marks (pianist)
partial recording of:
Vexations
composer:
Erik Satie (French composer) (in 1893)
publisher:
G. Ricordi Ltd. (Casa Ricordi sublabel for Classical music)
part of:
Pages mystiques
Erik Satie3:10
2Suicide in an Airplane
piano:
Daniele Lombardi
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Daniele Lombardi (in 1995)
recorded at:
Auditorio della RSI in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland (in 1995)
recording of:
Suicide in an Airplane, S006 (in 1995)
composer:
Leo Ornstein (Russian-born American avant-garde composer) (from 1913 to ????)
Leo Ornstein3:44
3Risveglio di una città
Luigi Russolo0:31
4L’Aviatore Dro
Francesco Balilla Pratella11:36
5Corale
Antonio Russolo1:59
6La battaglia di Adrianopoli
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti3:01
7Dance of the Monkeys
Franco Casavola2:46
8Mechanisms
piano:
Daniele Lombardi
recording of:
Mechanisms, W. 50 (for piano)
composer:
George Antheil (composer and pianist)
premiered by:
George Antheil (composer and pianist) (on 1923-10-04)
premiered at:
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, Île-de-France, France (on 1923-10-04)
part of:
The Life and Music of George Antheil, 1900-1959 (number: W. 50)
George Antheil12:35
9Musical Erratum
prepared piano:
Mats Persson (pianist) (in 1980) and Kristine Scholz (pianist) (in 1980)
recording of:
Erratum Musical (in 1980)
composer:
Marcel Duchamp (Painter and mixed-media artist) (in 1913)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
Marcel Duchamp10:06
10Mouvements perpétuels
piano:
Peter Beijersbergen van Henegouwen
recording of:
Trois mouvements perpétuels, FP 14a
composer:
Francis Poulenc (pianist and composer) (in 1918)
part of:
Francis Poulenc’s works (FP) (number: FP 14a)
Francis Poulenc5:40
11Pas de la chicorée frisée
piano:
Peter Beijersbergen van Henegouwen (in 2007)
recording of:
Pas de la chicorée frisée (in 2007)
composer:
Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes
publisher:
SACEM (Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique, French rights society representing original songwriters, composers, and music publishers)
Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes4:05
12La Nourrice américaine
recording engineer and editor:
Tijmen Zinkhaan (from 2007-10-22 until 2007-10-23)
piano:
Peter Beijersbergen van Henegouwen (in 2007, from 2007-10-22 until 2007-10-23)
instruments technician:
Etienne van Damme (piano tuner)
recorded at:
Galaxy Studios in Mol, Antwerpen (Antwerp), Flanders (Flemish Region), Belgium (from 2007-10-22 until 2007-10-23)
recording of:
La Nourrice américaine (from 2007-10-22 until 2007-10-23)
composer:
Francis Picabia
premiered by:
Marguerite Buffet (pianist) (on 1920-05-26)
premiered at:
Festival Dada (1920-05-26)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
recording of:
La Nourrice américaine (in 2007)
composer:
Francis Picabia
premiered by:
Marguerite Buffet (pianist) (on 1920-05-26)
premiered at:
Festival Dada (1920-05-26)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
Francis Picabia3:09
13La Toison d’Or
orchestra:
Dan Parrish Jazz Orchestra (in 1929-03)
performer:
Jean Cocteau (in 1929-03)
recording of:
Holidays (in 1929-03)
composer:
Dan Parrish
Jean Cocteau2:54
14Die Sonata in Urlauten
Kurt Schwitters3:27
15Description of a Dream
spoken vocals:
Robert Desnos
recording of:
Relation d'un rêve
writer:
Robert Desnos
Robert Desnos3:20
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