Blonk performs ursonate with realtime typography youtube. For kenneth gaburo part one electroacoustic nate wooley the complete syllables music 2017 2. This performance, by dutch sound poet jaap blonk, was recorded on april 11, 2018, during other minds festival 23, at odc theater in san. Since 1993, a cd containing the complete ursonate has been distributed as an original performance by kurt schwitters wergo, mainz, wer 63042. The exhibition, which features more than 180 works, traces schwitters journey in britain from an internment camp on the isle of man during the second world war to the london art scene to the lake district where he began work on his nowfamous merz barn until his death in. Down by the jetty united artists uas 29727 1975 one can forget how shocking this album and group were in the mid seventies, where elp and yes ruled the lumpen masses. Hugo ball and tristan tzara were playing in similar areas, but.
Spoken word, experimental, avantgarde kurt schwitters. Cerebral pulse in hifi dave rempis, tim daisy, matt piet cure for the quotidian 2017 3. Wordforword translations and ipa transcriptions of songs and arias in latin, italian, german, and french in pdf format. Bachelorarbeit, masterarbeit, hausarbeit oder dissertation. Aufgenommen am dadaabend pozie klinkt anders im haus am dom, frankfurt am main, 2016. 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. He moved to britain, where he spent the duration of the war at internment camps in scotland and the isle of man. Kurt schwitters, the lake poet by harriet staff poetry.
The final version, however, developed by way of innumerable performances given by schwitters between 1926 and 1932. Set kurt schwitters, ursonate scherzo 1922 on kurt schwitters dritter teil. And phonotextualist jaap blonk, perhaps the preeminent sound poet today, ended his virtuosic march 2012 walker arts center performance with cages solo for voice song books 64, reducing a zen proverb to an outright mockery of the sound of the japanese, replete with bespectacled yellowface expressions that recall mickey rooneys. Blonk and boks versions benefit from being delivered at roughly twice the speed of the original, but i didnt make it through either of them in one sitting. Were excited to see that the tate is hosting a retrospective of kurt schwitterss late work. Dutch sound poet jaap blonks second version of the ursonate 2003 1. He moved to britain, where he spent the duration of. Digital poetry overview a chronology of digital poetry s. Jaap blonk kurt schwitters ursonate bv haast cd bvhaast063 basta cd 3091452 1986 2004. Best known as author of manifestos on the theater of cruelty. Oct 19, 2016 aufgenommen am dadaabend pozie klinkt anders im haus am dom, frankfurt am main, 2016.
Highlights from the premiere of ursonography by jaap blonk and golan levin, 2005. Henning christiansen, abschied ssymphonie side a side b 3. Kurt schwitters ursonate jaap blonk has been performing this piece since 1982. Aug 31, 2008 jaap blonk s live performance of kurt schwitters ursonate, augmented by realtime live computational typography by golan levin.
Ursonate by kurt schwitters from amazons classical music store. Two hands ii glasgow angharad davies and taku unami two hands 2011 continue reading tone science 261. He wouldnt allow any other versions of the work except his fathers one. The dadaist schwitters is better known for his paintings, but his sound poetry has had a more esoteric influence. Jaap blonk and golan levin levin built a new audiovisual interpretation of kurt schwitters ursonate. Kurt schwitters and katherine dreier in german life and letters 1999, vol. Kurt schwitters was born on 20 june 1887 in hanover, at rumannstra.
Who were kurt schwitters greatest musical influences while writing. The late work, 19371948, marlborough fine art, 1981. When i first heard ursonate, i thought it was the tedious ramblings of a mental patient. Pdf some words to kurt schwitters ursonate jaap blonk. Jaap blonk, a frequent performer of ursonate, notes in the september catalog for the exhibition kurt schwitters in norway that schwitters was. Yuji takahashi new music for pianos xenakis reynolds takahashi brown mainstream ms5000 1970.
Kurt schwitters jaap blonk ursonate 1986, vinyl discogs. For greatest possible comfort and full functionality you should use one of the recommended browsers. Ursonate, basta 3091452, aalsmar nl, docd, 2003 eberhard blum. Lieferung gegen rechnung, ab 20, eur portofrei deutschland. Jaap blonks live performance of kurt schwitters ursonate, augmented by realtime live computational typography by golan levin.
A cd recording of schwitters work forms the musical background of our exhibition which not counting the visual version of ursonate includes also drawings merzbau, among others, whose specially treated and prepared fragments served as basic elements of visual images. Kurt schwitters ursonate famous sound poem by the dadaist kurt schwitters. Some words to kurt schwitters ursonate, by jaap blonk kurt schwitters was born in hannover in 1887. Enzianblau einzelstimme akkordeon 2, 3, 4 bassinstrument. May 18, 2005 performed by jaap blonk kurt schwitters was born in hannover in 1887. Ursonate in particular was one of the earliest works to treat pure spoken syllables as musical form. Apr, 2003 my ursonate is what i imagine the poem by kurt schwitters might sound like if performed at high speed by f. The exact date and place of this recording is unknown. Ursonography jaap blonk and golan levin is a new audiovisual interpretation of kurt schwitters ursonate, a masterpiece of 20th century.
The last work of the exhibition is the artists most recent multimedia. Beatport is the worlds largest electronic music store for djs. His father was coproprietor of a ladies clothes shop. Upon special request he is still willing to perform it. Feb 14, 2012 since 1993, a cd containing the complete ursonate has been distributed as an original performance by kurt schwitters wergo, mainz, wer 63042. Refused by the berlin dadaists, he started a oneman dada group in hannover called merz. Ursonate, hat art cd 6109, therwil ch, cd, 1992 arnulf appel. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Growling in the roofbeams underwhich audiographic series no. Relic sean ali, leila bordreuil, joanna mattrey i used to sing so lyrical 2019 7. Exhibition catalogue, in the beginning was merz from kurt schwitters to the present day, sprengel museum hanover, hatje cantz, ostfildern, 2000. Kurt schwitters ursonate by jaap blonk, released 23 december 2007 1. The exhibition, which features more than 180 works, traces schwitters journey in britain from an internment camp on the isle of man during the second world war to the london art scene to the lake district where he began work on his nowfamous merz barn until his death in 1948. Were excited to see that the tate is hosting a retrospective of kurt schwitters s late work. Therefore the design of media art net will not display correctly. Stripped down bare bones rocknroll,short songs, not a single cape in sight, and all in glorious mono. Performance at stuk kunstencentrum, leuven, january 2007. The authenticity of the recording has been doubted since its release by artists, scholars, and critics due to the manner of the interpretation and the pitch of the speakers voice.
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