Project muse creating a visual translation of kurt. 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. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. It comprises an extensive first movement, a largo passage, a scherzo and trio, and a virtuoso finale and cadenza. Sound documents kurt schwitters original recordings of kurt schwitters merz merzgrammophonplatte, scherzo of the ursonate, voice. Most of the dada and futurist performances of musicpoetry were not recorded or the recordings are lost. 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. Were excited to see that the tate is hosting a retrospective of kurt schwitters s late work. Kurt schwitters, the lake poet by harriet staff poetry. 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.
Wiki for collaborative studies of arts, media and humanities. The pressing was officially destroyed and unofficially went underground. 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. One of the most extraordinary modern artists of the early 20th century, the german dada artist kurt schwitters is considered to be the greatest ever master of collage art and assemblage. Read kurt schwitters space, image, exile by megan r. Ise, visits a popular kelantanese pati street food stall, run by the gregarious shamsul, and observes the preparation of some local favorites for a group of loyal customers. Kurt schwitters gave a new meaning to the phonetic poetry invented by raoul hausmann when he wrote one of his greatest pieces. Kurt schwitters, eberhard blum ursonate 1992, cd discogs. Kurt schwitters, hanover 1925 private recording anna blume. Kurt schwitters ursonate is the sound poem to end all sound poems. 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. He wouldnt allow any other versions of the work except his fathers one.
Schwitters, kurt 18871948 german artist, poet, essayist, dramatist, novelist, and shortstory writer. 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. May 18, 2005 kurt schwitters ursonate 19221932 performed by jaap blonk. Kurt schwitters grew up in the expressionists germany, in the warm, comfortable, friendly, happy and exceedingly bourgeois home supplied by his parents. Placing the sound work of schwitters within his full merz project, the author assesses the relations between the ursonate and the final merzbau. It is the primeval sound, at once before and beyond sense. Kurt schwitters, suddeutscher rundfunk, stuttgart, 5 may 1932 kurt schwitters, ernst schwitters and philip granville, an. Cafe aubette, strasbourg, france preliminary color scheme for ceiling and short walls of ballroom depicts same object. This paper notes the importance of kurt schwitterss merz project to the modernist politics and poetics of exile of the 20th century. Between 192332, schwitters edited the magazine merz. All of kurt schwitterss original interpretations in addition to numerous later recordings of the ursonate have been available as mp3 files since 2008 on the kurt schwitters. German artist kurt schwitters 18871948 is best known for his pioneering work in fusing collage and abstraction, the t.
Therefore the design of media art net will not display correctly. The published version of the ursonate 2 is a concrete poem that was constructed byjan tschichold, the swiss typographer. Pdf some words to kurt schwitters ursonate jaap blonk. Sep 01, 2012 schwitters is a german artist, typographer and writer, who was associated with dadaism, although he was never an active member of any dada group.
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 different. Perhaps amazon should ask wergo for clarification of their claim. Kurt schwitters jaap blonk ursonate 1986, vinyl discogs. Kurt schwitters ursonate 19221932 performed by jaap blonk. These are the first lines of the kurt schwitters ursonate, or sonata in primal sounds. Recorded at studio 2radio drs, december 29, 1991 zurich, switzerland.
Kurt schwitters ursonate complete poem with verses. Ursonate by kurt schwitters performed by steven schick and shahrokh yadegari. Kurt schwitters has 60 books on goodreads with 1103 ratings. Kurt schwitters was a german artist involved in both dadaism and constructivism. There he remained, sharing the company of his father and mother, of his wife and son, supported by the rent derived from four other houses, until forced by hitler to emigrate in 1937. 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. Schwitters is recognized for his unique contribution to twentiethcentury art and literature.
This fortyminute phonetic poem is one of the legends of dadaism. Refused by the berlin dadaists, he started a oneman dada group in hannover called merz. Ise, visits a popular kelantanese pati street food stall, run by the gregarious shamsul, and observes the preparation. The existance of this original recording is a miracle. This video was created for the university course artefatti e sistemi complessi read more. Some words to kurt schwitters ursonate, by jaap blonk kurt schwitters was born in hannover in 1887. Kurt hermann eduard karl julius schwitters 20 june 1887 8 january 1948 was a german artist who was born in hanover, germany. I dont think that any other poet has ever taken sound poetry to greater extremes. Just as collage is essentially the medium of irony, so schwitters life is characterized by paradox and enigma.
Kurt hermann eduard karl julius schwitters 20 june 1887 8 january 1948 was a german painter. 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. Kurt schwitters ursonate in four movements on vimeo. 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. Schwitterss ursonate and the merz barn wall leonardo music. 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. Ursonate kinetic typography kinetic typography of the dada poetry ursonate by kurt schwitters. 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. He studied at the applied arts school, the art academy and the institute of technology. Kurt schwitters, 18871948 the ursonate or sonata in primal sounds fumms bo wo tee zee uu pogiff, kwii ee. Kurtschwittersgymnasium abifilm 20, reupload ksg video.
He moved to britain, where he spent the duration of the war at internment camps. Find more prominent pieces of abstract at best visual art database. Mar 23, 2017 this is the entire ursonate by kurt schwitters. From the 1920s until his death, kurt schwitterss artistic career was guided by his endeavour to create a total work of art gesamtkunstwerk. 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. Ursonate by listening cd sheet music for buy print music.
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