In this episode I would like to talk about understanding “noise” as a musical element and discuss briefly two milestone pieces that show different approaches to integrating noise into a composition: Poème électronique by Edgar Varèse and Guero by Helmut Lachenmann.
Enjoy!
- Seda
Watch&Read
Art of Noises (1913) by Luigi Russolo
Poème électronique by Edgar Varèse (audio only)
Poème électronique by Edgar Varèse (original video)
Background on Poème électronique
Guero by Helmut Lachenmann (video)
Excerpts in the podcast come from:
CD 1: Electro Acoustic Music: Classics, Neuma Records, 1990
CD 2: Lachenmann, Piano Music / Marino Formenti, Col Legno, 2003
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