tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post7897464731848944985..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Kurt Schwitters: Ursonate (1922 - 1932)Bryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-4351747124449879572013-02-17T11:49:12.376-06:002013-02-17T11:49:12.376-06:00I think that I would look in a couple of different...I think that I would look in a couple of different places for music with Dadaistic qualities. The Italian futurists might qualify and what would you think about calling some things that Erik Satie did as Dada? His "Trois Pièces en Forme d'un Poire" for example?Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-25100122683518604462013-02-17T08:48:56.738-06:002013-02-17T08:48:56.738-06:00Er - I was afraid you were going to ask that... le...Er - I was afraid you were going to ask that... let's say music associated with Dadaists. Schwitters' Ursonate scribblings are very fragmentary but he simply seems to assign a set series of notes to each Ursonate theme, so in that sense it's not exactly revolutionary music. In fact it doesn't belong anywhere in particular but creates its own category, so very Schwitterian. The fact that he worked on it intermittently for years but never actually got anywhere suggests even he wasn't convinced by his own efforts. Gwendolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15482411140966814761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-77368918696191604722013-02-16T07:08:48.063-06:002013-02-16T07:08:48.063-06:00Ah, a comment from a Schwitters specialist! Thanks...Ah, a comment from a Schwitters specialist! Thanks. How would you define "Dada music"?Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-77421106236455677082013-02-16T01:58:34.375-06:002013-02-16T01:58:34.375-06:00Schwitters did in fact leave some instructions on ...Schwitters did in fact leave some instructions on how his Ursonate should be performed. And he actually started to compose a score by taking themes from the Ursonate and writing them down in musical notation. He never completed the project, and what there is of it is not exactly inspiring, but it is a rare example of Dada music. G.Websterhttp://www.kurtschwitterstoday.orgnoreply@blogger.com