Luigi Russolo

Luigi Russolo
Luigi Russolo
	Russolo c. 1916
Background information
Birth name	Luigi Russolo
Born	30 April 1885; Portogruaro, Italy
Died	4 February 1947 (aged 61); Laveno Mombello, Italy
Genres	Futurism; experimental; avant-garde; noise;
Occupation(s)	Composer; painter; custom instrument builder;
Years active	1901–1947

Luigi Carlo Filippo Russolo (30 April 1885 – 4 February 1947) was an Italian Futurist painter, composer, builder of experimental musical instruments, and the author of the manifesto The Art of Noises (1913).^[1] Russolo completed his secondary education at Seminary of Portograuro in 1901, after which he moved to Milan and began gaining interest in the arts.^[2] He is often regarded as one of the first noise music experimental composers with his performances of noise music concerts in 1913–14 and then again after World War I, notably in Paris in 1921.^[3] He designed and constructed a number of noise-generating devices called Intonarumori.

^ Chilvers & Glaves-Smith 2009, p. 619.
^ Chessa, Luciano (31 March 2012). Luigi Russolo, Futurist: Noise, Visual Arts, and the Occult. University of California Press. p. 69. ISBN 9780520270633.
^ Chilvers & Glaves-Smith 2009, p. 620.

[FOOTNOTEChilversGlaves-Smith2009619-1] Chilvers & Glaves-Smith 2009, p. 619.

[2] Chessa, Luciano (31 March 2012). Luigi Russolo, Futurist: Noise, Visual Arts, and the Occult. University of California Press. p. 69. ISBN 9780520270633.

[FOOTNOTEChilversGlaves-Smith2009620-3] Chilvers & Glaves-Smith 2009, p. 620.

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