Ursel nate party uno remix by daniel matz please be as generous as you can. All of kurt schwitters s original interpretations in addition to numerous later recordings of the ursonate have been available as mp3 files since 2008 on the kurt schwitters. Kurt schwitters ursonate by jaap blonk, released 23 december 2007 1. Kurt schwitters june 20, 1887 january 8, 1948 was a german painter who was born in. It is the primeval sound, at once before and beyond sense.
Kurt schwitters was a german artist involved in both dadaism and constructivism. Schwitters worked in several genres and mediums, including dada, constructivism, surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, collage, sculpture, typography and what came to be known as installations. This video was created for the university course artefatti e sistemi complessi at the politecnico of milan. Kurt schwitters june 20, 1887 january 8, 1948 was a german painter who was born in hannover, germany.
He studied at the applied arts school, the art academy and the institute of technology. The existance of this original recording is a miracle. The importance of kurt schwitters extends to more branches of western art than most twentiethcentury artists. Get all the lyrics to songs by kurt schwitters and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Ursonate, an album by kurt schwitters, spiritus noister on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. 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 gave a new meaning to the phonetic poetry invented by raoul hausmann when he wrote one of his greatest pieces. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Kurt schwitters is generally acknowledged as the twentieth centurys greatest master of collage. Kinetic typography of the dada poetry ursonate by kurt schwitters.
Kurt schwitters june 20, 1887 january 8, 1948 was a german painter who played an important role in dada. Christian bok, florian kaplick, christopher fox and jaap blonk perform kurt schwitters ursonate in the warth mill as part of the opening weekend of the 2011. He is most famous for his collages, called merz pictures. There had been several forays into sound poetry by dadaist artists in the years before and after 1920, but the major work of the time was ursonate, composed, one might say, by painter and collage artist kurt schwitters in 1922, schwitters began writing a sonata for the voice based on abstract vocal sounds organized as musical phrases and motives. Kurt schwitters was born in hanover in 1887, and completed a conventional course of study at various institutions, including the dresden academy of art. Lynn book performing kurt schwitters ursonate ursonate performance, wake forest university, winstonsalem, north carolina, november 5, 20. As with his famed visual collages, schwitters poem breaks down language to its constituent parts and reassembles them to find new meaning in the seemingly irrational. His relationship with hausmann was quite significant in his eventual creation of ursonate, a sonata based on two of hausmanns poems featuring, instead of recognizable words, sounds created by letters connected in unexpected ways. Most of the dada and futurist performances of musicpoetry were not recorded or the recordings are lost.
Program notes by jack ox and kurt schwitters, in english and german, and excerpt from the spoken text 12 p. Kurt schwitters sonate in urlauten ursonate video dailymotion. Mountain graveyard was created in 1919 by kurt schwitters in expressionism style. Edit release all versions of this release data correct. Mp3 introduction to lynn books performance by amy catanzano 8. He married his cousin helma in 1915, and served briefly in the army in a clerical capacity in 1917 before being discharged on grounds of health. Ursonate was first performed by german artist kurt schwitters in potsdam, 1925.
The kurt and ernst schwitters foundation controls the usage rights to all works by kurt and ernst schwitters. I dont think that any other poet has ever taken sound poetry to greater extremes. As a boy, he travelled with his father to the 1900 worlds fair in paris. This volume, the fourth in the complete works of kurt schwitters, offers the first complete and annotated edition of merz, the avantgarde journal for multimedia.
Process for creating the visualization of the ursonate. For more than 90 years, the work has inspired visual artists, composers, choreographers, and musicians. Ur sonata fragment, recorded on a private release in 1924. Kurt hermann eduard karl julius schwitters 20 june 1887 8 january 1948 was a german. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from kurt schwitters. Written in 1922 and continuously modified until it reached its final form around 1932, the ursonate, or sonate in urlauten sonata in primal sounds was one expression of schwitters very own brand of dadaism, which he referred to as merz.
The published version of the ursonate is a concrete poem that was constructed by jan tschichold, the swiss typographer. Complete your kurt schwitters jaap blonk collection. 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. Find more prominent pieces of landscape at best visual art database. Kurt schwitters was born on june 20, 1887 in hanover, germany. See available paintings, works on paper, and prints and multiples for sale and learn about the artist. Oooooooooooooooooooooooo, dll rrrrr beeeee bo dll rrrrr beeeee bo fumms bo, rrrrr beeeee bo fumms bo wo, beeeee bo fumms bo wo taa, bo fumms bo wo taa zaa, fumms bo wo taa. Refused by the berlin dadaists, he started a oneman dada group in hannover called merz.
Parts of these scores were seen in the 2004 exhibition of jack oxs complete ursonate painting, which was shown in conjunction. It took artist kurt schwitters ten years to write the epic sound poem ursonate, a sonata in primordial sound. Mp3 versions of the ursonate in ubuweb sound audio works. Download kurt schwitters color and collage menil collection ebook online. It became a regular and wellknown performance for the dadaist, undergoing several adaptations over the years. Kurt schwitters nonsensical sound poem comes to life in htown with the help of a dutch rebel. Kurt schwitters ursonate is the sound poem to end all sound poems. Just as collage is essentially the medium of irony, so schwitters life is characterized by paradox and enigma. Perhaps amazon should ask wergo for clarification of their claim. Color and collage examines one of the most daring and innovative figures of the international avantgarde. Ursonate this song is by kurt schwitters and appears on the album ursonate 1932. The original scores are at the muzeum sztuki in lodz, poland, where they are available for the use of scholars.
Pdf some words to kurt schwitters ursonate jaap blonk. He was an artist, graphic designer, typographer, set designer, and poet who, among many other accomplishments, wrote the ursonate, a spoken text piece based on a sound poem by raoul hausmann. Some words to kurt schwitters ursonate, by jaap blonk kurt schwitters was born in hannover in 1887. Ursonate redcat roy and edna disneycalarts theater. The poem was influenced by raoul hausmanns poem fmsbw which schwitters heard recited by hausmann in prague, 1921.
This is in fact a recording made by kurt schwitters son, erns schwitters. Kurt schwitters was one of the most engaging mavericks of the art of the 20th. This page includes 60 thumbnails of the hand drawn scores of kurt schwitters ursonate, made by jack ox, from which the 800 sq. Statutory protection for the works of kurt schwitters ends on 31 december 2018, so it is in the public domain from january 2019. Cafe aubette, strasbourg, france preliminary color scheme for ceiling and short walls of ballroom depicts same object. The purpose of the sonata was to startle and awaken an audience. Brian eno sampled schwitters recording of ursonate for the kurts rejoinder track on his. Schwitters composed and performed an early example of sound poetry, ursonate 19221932. Article about jaap blonks performance of the ursonate in houston, kurt schwitters, dada and marcel duchamp.
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. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. 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. His art extended to almost every area of avantgarde practicecollage, poetry, sound, painting, sculpture, graphic design, typography, and.
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. Mp3 transmedia artist lynn book performed kurt schwitters ursonate 1922 in the charlotte. He worked in several genres and media, including dadaism, constructivism, surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, collage, sculpture, typography and what came to be known as installation art. He moved to britain, where he spent the duration of the war at internment camps in scotland and the isle of man. Lockdown sleep music 247, sleep therapy, sleep meditation, calm music, insomnia, study, spa, relax body mind zone 3,225 watching live now. When he was 14, he had his first epileptic fit, signifying the start of a recurring condition that the artist felt continually impacted how he related to the world. Kurt hermann eduard karl julius schwitters 20 june 1887 8 january 1948 was a german artist who was born in hanover, germany schwitters worked in several genres and media, including dadaism, constructivism, surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, sculpture, graphic design, typography, and what came to be known as installation art. Kurt schwitters, okola, 1926 okola kurt schwitters, like this would be cool with ticket stubs and sheet music with some pages of old books obtain excellent pointers on modern. Kurt schwitters ursonate, written between 1922 and 1932 was the greatest sound poem of the 20th.
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