Pdf some words to kurt schwitters ursonate jaap blonk. Schwitters is recognized for his unique contribution to twentiethcentury art and literature. Kurt schwitters in england, organised by ian hunter and celia larner at tate britain, 9 july 2004. Ursonate by listening cd sheet music for buy print. And thus, i spent my breaks reciting that poem in my room. Lynn book performing kurt schwitter s ursonate ursonate performance, wake forest university, winstonsalem, north carolina, november 5, 20. Schwitters created the ursonate suite of sound poems between 1922 and 1932, and dedicated one issue of his magazine in. Ursonate 1922 1932 if i had a series called unusual pieces of music i dont, yet this would undoubtedly be on it. The pressing was officially destroyed and unofficially went underground. Roedd kurt schwitters herman edward karl julius schwitters, 20 mehefin 1887 8 ionawr 1948 yn arlunydd arloesol yn yr almaen ar hanner cyntaf yr 20g. 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. Schwitterss ursonate and the merz barn wall leonardo music.
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. 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. His parents were proprietors of a ladies clothes shop. Project muse creating a visual translation of kurt. Kurt schwitters ursonate bo progression with verses. He moved to britain, where he spent the duration of the war at internment camps in scotland and the isle of man. William kentridge incants kurt schwitterss iconic dada. Nov 01, 20 amy catanzano and lynn book, postinterview conversation about kurt schwitters ursonate, onsite at npr news and triad arts, wake forest university, winstonsalem, north carolina, november 1, 20. This fortyminute phonetic poem is one of the legends of dadaism. Kurt hermann eduard karl julius schwitters 20 june 1887 8 january 1948 was a german painter who was born in hanover, germany schwitters worked in several genres and media, including dada, constructivism, surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, sculpture, graphic design, typography and what came to be known as installation art. The published version of the ursonate 2 is a concrete poem that was constructed byjan tschichold, the swiss typographer. According to ernst schwitters s testimony, this is the original recording of his father kurt s performance.
Kurt schwitters has 60 books on goodreads with 1103 ratings. Ursonate, which the german avantgarde artist kurt schwitters. Placing the sound work of schwitters within his full merz project, the author assesses the relations between the ursonate and the final merzbau. William kentridge incants kurt schwitterss iconic dada sound poem. Merz is sensing without knowing kurt schwitters, 1920.
The kurt schwitters society was founded in 2010 in order to facilitate communication between those. Ursonate01sonate via cb bilingual edition pdf hypothesis. Kurt schwitters gave a new meaning to the phonetic poetry invented by raoul hausmann when he wrote one of his greatest pieces. Although i am not an expert on this situation, i would like to note that thijs rinsema and kurt schwitters influenced. 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. Kurt schwitters collages in pictures art and design the. Kurt schwitters 18871948 was a painter, sculptor, designer and writer and worked in several genres and media, including dada, constructivism, surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, sculpture, graphic design, typography, and what came to be known as installation art. This is a snippet of part 1 of the ursonate by kurt schwitters, which starts at 4. He is most famous for his collages, called merz pictures. Kurt hermann eduard karl julius schwitters 20 june 1887 8 january 1948 was a german artist who was born in hanover, germany.
Exhibition catalogue, in the beginning was merz from kurt schwitters to the present day, sprengel museum hannover, hatje cantz, ostfildern, 2000. Kurt schwitters archive, sprengel museum, hannover a mine of information about schwitters and his work, at present only in german kurt and ernst schwitters archive, with an excellent biography. He studied at the applied arts school, the art academy and the institute of technology. Kurt schwitters collages in pictures art and design. Schwitters worked in several genres and media, including dada, constructivism, surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, sculpture, graphic design, typography and what came to be known as installation art. Mp3 transmedia artist lynn book performed kurt schwitters ursonate. George melly, miniatures images of score and photos of schwitters performing ur sonata removed due to restrictions. Mar 23, 2017 this is a snippet of part 1 of the ursonate by kurt schwitters, which starts at 4. If i really had had a free hand in choosing any work by kurt schwitters, wa susan hiller, photograph of a commemorative notice on the side of a building on. Ursonate by listening cd sheet music for buy print music. Ursonate oxford academic journals oxford university press. He moved to britain, where he spent the duration of.
Ursonate 01sonate via cb bilingual edition pdf hypothesis. Eine leichtfassliche methode zur erlernung des wahnsinns fur jederman 1922 pdf, 40mb freiburg baden. The original poem is the ursonate by german dadist artist kurt schwitters, and it is an entire hour of madeup syllables spoken with rhythmic intonation. Influential and revered, german artist kurt schwitters was a key figure of modernism who spent many years living and working in the lake district. Composite rhythm of long additive process on fumms bo wo taa zaa uu pogiff the complete text of kurt schwitters ursonate may be found and downloaded at. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature, poetry, art manifestoes, art theory, theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its antiwar politics through a rejection of the prevailing standards in art through antiart cultural works.
This paper notes the importance of kurt schwitterss merz project to the modernist politics and poetics of exile of the 20th century. 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. Mp3 introduction to lynn books performance by amy catanzano 8. He began studying art at the school of applied arts in hannover in 1908, and from 1909 to 1914 attended the dresden art academy, where he studied traditional oil painting techniques and produced numerous landscapes, portraits, and still lifes. Some words to kurt schwitters ursonate, by jaap blonk kurt schwitters was born in hannover in 1887. He wouldnt allow any other versions of the work except his fathers one. Project muse schwitterss ursonate and the merz barn wall. They sold the business in 1898, using the money to buy five properties in hanover which they rented out, allowing the family to live off the income for the. A good essay on the merzbau by elizabeth burns gamard. The kurt schwitters society was founded in 2010 in order to facilitate communication between those interested in. This paper examines the ways in which language sounds with a masculine or feminine emotional character convey meaning and structure in kurt schwitters expressive nonverbal poem the ursonate.
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. He discusses three of these relationscollage, found objects and the structures of. 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. The forthcoming exhibition about kurt schwitters at tate britain gives us a great opportunity to consider the artists work and, in particular, how the merzbau, his lifetime architectural and sculptural project, has influenced architecture merzbau is a strange name. Kurt schwitters was a german painter associated with the dada movement, who worked in several genres and media, including poetry, sound, painting, sculpture, graphic design, typography and what came to be known as installation art.
The kurt schwitters society uk ksuk was founded to improve communication between those interested in the different aspects of the work of kurt schwitters. Schwitters emphasized the importance of sounds and the merz multimodal nature of art. Kurt hermann eduard karl julius schwitters 20 june 1887 8 january 1948 was a german painter. Reassembling schwitters culture architects journal. He had frequent contact with local artists there, such as thijs rinsema. Kurt schwitters ursonate wccmta, april 2628, victoria, bc example 6. This was a remarkably fertile time for experimentation in art. Schwitterss ursonate and the merz barn wall leonardo.
Creating a visual translation of kurt schwitterss ursonate. Arbrofodd gyda steil ciwbaidd a mynegiadaeth expressionist ac yn 1919 creuodd waith collage a defnyddiodd y term merz, ar gyfer ei holl waith creadigol o farddoniaeth, collage a. Just as collage is essentially the medium of irony, so schwitters life is characterized by paradox and enigma. This essay centers on a rare and unknown version of the revolutionary sound poem, the ursonate, which the german avantgarde artist kurt schwitters composed between 1922 and 1932. The existance of this original recording is a miracle. Schwitters, kurt 18871948 german artist, poet, essayist, dramatist, novelist, and shortstory writer. He moved to britain, where he spent the duration of the war at internment camps. Schwitters took the poems first line from the opening of a poster poem by the dadaist raoul hausmann and, over a tenyear period, expanded it and developed. Three orthodoxies have dictated previous accounts of the life of kurt schwitters in england. It suggests a building, but in fact it is an internal. This essay centers on a rare and unknown version of the revolutionary sound poem, the. Pdf the expressive force of primitive masculine sounds. My selection was limited only by the exhibition proposal that no work chosen could be earlier than 1947, the date the ica was founded.
Dada or dadaism was an art movement of the european avantgarde in the early 20th century. Ursonate this song is by kurt schwitters and appears on the album ursonate 1932. Kurt schwitters 1887 1948 was an artist and poet who worked in various genres and styles in the world of avantgarde art between the wars. Nov 06, 2017 william kentridge incants kurt schwitterss iconic dada sound poem. These are the first lines of the kurt schwitters ursonate, or sonata in primal sounds. Kurt schwitters was an important part of the programme. Refused by the berlin dadaists, he started a oneman dada group in hannover called merz. We do not wish to conceal the fact that this claim has since been doubted by a third party.
William kentridge incants kurt schwitterss iconic dada sound. This fortyminute phonetic poem is one of the legends of dadaism, an artistic movement that arose in zurich. This paper notes the importance of kurt schwitters s merz project to the modernist politics and poetics of exile of the 20th century. The late work, 19371948, marlborough fine art, 1981. Kurt schwitters, 18871948 the ursonate or sonata in primal sounds fumms bo wo tee zee uu pogiff, kwii ee. 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. Music based on timbral contrasts kurt schwitters, ur sonata aka ursonate 1932 perf. Mar 23, 2017 this is the entire ursonate by kurt schwitters. Kurt schwitters jaap blonk ursonate 1986, vinyl discogs. The emotional character of sounds is associated with their physical qualities e. Most of the dada and futurist performances of musicpoetry were not recorded or the recordings are lost.
Kurt schwitters and katherine dreier in german life and letters 1999, vol. The importance of kurt schwitters extends to more branches of western art than most twentiethcentury artists. 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 hermann eduard karl julius schwitters was born into a welloff family of shopkeepers in the provincial bourgeois city of hannover. Oooooooooooooooooooooooo, dll rrrrr beeeee bo dll rrrrr beeeee bo. Jan 05, 20 influential and revered, german artist kurt schwitters was a key figure of modernism who spent many years living and working in the lake district. It is the primeval sound, at once before and beyond sense. I listened to mp3 recordings while i followed along with a pdf. Kurt schwitters ursonate complete poem with verses. Jan 11, 20 ursonate01sonate via cb bilingual edition pdf hypothesis.
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