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.

Tracklist

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1Vexations
piano:
Alan Marks
partial recording of:
Vexations
composer:
Erik Satie (in 1893)
publisher:
G. Ricordi Ltd.
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 (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
premiered by:
George Antheil (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 (in 1980) and Kristine Scholz (in 1980)
recording of:
Erratum Musical (in 1980)
composer:
Marcel Duchamp (in 1913)
publisher:
Copyright Control
Marcel Duchamp10:06
10Mouvements perpétuels
piano:
Peter Beijersbergen van Henegouwen
recording of:
Trois mouvements perpétuels, FP 14a
composer:
Francis Poulenc (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
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
recorded at:
Galaxy Studios in Mol, Antwerpen, Flanders, 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 (on 1920-05-26)
premiered at:
Festival Dada
publisher:
Copyright Control
recording of:
La Nourrice américaine (in 2007)
composer:
Francis Picabia
premiered by:
Marguerite Buffet (on 1920-05-26)
premiered at:
Festival Dada
publisher:
Copyright Control
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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1The Unanswered Question
Charles Ives6:05
2Sechs kleine Klavierstücke
recording of:
Sechs kleine Klavierstücke, op. 19
composer:
Arnold Schönberg (in 1911)
part of:
Works of Arnold Schönberg by opus number (number: op. 19)
Arnold Schoenberg5:56
3The Rite of Spring (extract)
Igor Stravinsky8:05
4Tanz, op. 10
recording engineer:
Leo de Klerk (in 1999)
piano:
Peter Beijersbergen van Henegouwen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Bloomline Coryphée
recorded at:
Bloomline Coryphée in Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (until 1999)
engineered at:
Bloomline Coryphée in Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (in 1999)
recording of:
Tanz, op. 10
composer:
Josef Matthias Hauer
Josef Matthias Hauer5:00
5Pacific 231
orchestra:
Oslo‐Filharmonien (from 1993-11-24 until 1993-12-03)
conductor:
Mariss Jansons (from 1993-11-24 until 1993-12-03)
recorded at:
Oslo Konserthus in Oslo, Norway (from 1993-11-24 until 1993-12-03)
recording of:
Pacific 231 (from 1993-11-24 until 1993-12-03)
composer:
Arthur Honegger (in 1923)
premiered at:
[concert]
publisher:
Maurice Senart (in 1924)
part of:
Harry Halbreich's catalog of Arthur Honegger's works (H) (number: H 53)
Arthur Honegger6:05
6Iron Foundry
orchestra:
Orchestre symphonique de Paris
conductor:
Julius Ehrlich
recording of:
Завод: музыка машин, op. 19 (Iron Foundry, op. 19, The Iron Foundry)
composer:
Александр Мосолов (from 1926 until 1927)
part of:
Works of Alexander Mosolov by opus number (number: op. 19)
Alexander Mosolov3:00
7The Aeolian Harp
piano:
Henry Cowell (in 1963)
recording of:
Aeolian Harp (in 1963)
composer:
Henry Cowell (until 1923)
part of:
Henry Cowell works catalog (number: HC 370)
Henry Cowell3:46
84′33″
recording of:
4′33″
composer:
John Cage (in 1952)
premiered by:
David Tudor (on 1952-08-29)
premiered at:
David Tudor at Maverick Concert Hall
premiered at:
Maverick Concert Hall in Hurley, New York, United States (on 1952-08-29)
John Cage5:02
9Gesang der Jünglinge
recording of:
Gesang der Jünglinge, Nr. 8
composer:
Karlheinz Stockhausen (from 1955 until 1956)
dedicated to:
Doris Stockhausen-Andreae
publisher:
Stockhausen‐Verlag
part of:
Works of Karlheinz Stockhausen by Werk Nr. (number: Nr. 8)
Karlheinz Stockhausen13:04
10Poème électronique
recording of:
Poème électronique
composer:
Edgard Varèse (in 1957)
Edgard Varèse8:09
11Atmosphères
orchestra:
NDR Sinfonieorchester (in 1963)
conductor:
Hermann Scherchen (in 1963)
recording of:
Atmosphères (in 1963)
composer:
György Ligeti (in 1961)
György Ligeti9:05