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Surrealist music is music which uses unexpected juxtapositions and other surrealist techniques. Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early-1920s and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members Surrealist Films include Un chien andalou and L'Âge d'Or by Luis Buñuel and Dalí; Buñuel went Two Surrealist Manifestos (Le Manifeste du Surréalisme were issued by the Surrealist movement, in 1924 and 1929 respectively Surrealism in Art, Poetry, and Literature utilizes numerous unique techniques and games to provide inspiration Surreal humour is a form of humour, laughingly in a style related to the artistic ambitions of the surrealists, based on bizarre Juxtapositions absurd situations Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. Surrealism in Art, Poetry, and Literature utilizes numerous unique techniques and games to provide inspiration Anne LeBaron (2002, p. Alice Anne LeBaron (b Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, May 30 1953) is an United States composer and Harpist 27) cites automatism, including improvisation, and collage as the primary techniques of musical surrealism. Automatism has taken on many forms the Automatic writing and drawing initially (and still to this day practiced by surrealists can be compared to similar or perhaps Improvisation (also called extemporization) is the practice of acting singing talking and reacting of making and creating in the moment and in response to the stimulus of A collage (From the coller to glue is a work of formal art primarily in the Visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms thus creating a new whole Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early-1920s and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members Discussing Theodor Adorno, Max Paddison (1993, p. Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno ( September 11, 1903 &ndash August 6, 1969) was a German -born international sociologist 90) defines surrealist music as that which "juxtaposes its historically devalued fragments in a montage-like manner which enables them to yield up new meanings within a new aesthetic unity," though Lloyd Whitesell calls this a gloss. Aesthetics or esthetics ( also spelled æsthetics) is commonly known as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values sometimes called This article is about the literary term For other uses see Gloss (disambiguation. According to Adorno (1930), "Insofar as surrealist composing makes use of devalued means, it uses these as devalued means, and wins its form from the 'scandal' produced when the dead suddenly spring up among the living. " (Whitesell 2004, p. 107 and 118n18).
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Early surrealist music
In the 1920s several composers were influenced by Surrealism, or by individuals in the Surrealist movement. The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada Among these were Bohuslav Martinů, André Souris, and Edgard Varèse, who stated that his work Arcana was drawn from a dream sequence. Bohuslav Martinů ( (December 8 1890 – August 28 1959 was a prolific Bohemian Czech Composer, who wrote six symphonies, 15 Operas André Souris ( 10 July 1899 – 12 February 1970) was a Belgian Composer and Writer associated with the WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse, whose name was also spelled Edgar Varèse Souris in particular was associated with the movement: he had a long, if sometimes spotty, relationship with Magritte, and worked on Paul Nouge's publication Adieu Marie. René François Ghislain Magritte ( 21 November 1898 - 15 August 1967) was a Belgian Surrealist artist Paul Nougé (1895 - 1967 was a Belgian Poet and Philosopher. He was one of the most influential members of the Surrealist school in Belgium The two composers most associated with surrealism during this period were Erik Satie, who wrote the score for the ballet Parade which caused Guillaume Apollinaire to coin the term surrealism, and George Antheil who wrote that "The Surrealist movement had, from the very beginning, been my friend. Alfred Éric Leslie Satie ( Honfleur, 17 May 1866 – Paris, 1 July 1925) was a French Composer and Guillaume Apollinaire (in French ɡijom apɔliˈnɛʁ ( August 26, 1880 &ndash November 9, 1918) was a French Poet George Antheil ( July 8, 1900, Trenton New Jersey – February 12, 1959, New York City) was an American In one of its manifestos it had been declared that all music was unbearable--excepting, possibly, mine--a beautiful and appreciated condescension" (LeBaron 2002, p. 30-31). Later French composer Pierre Boulez wrote a piece called explosante-fixe (1972), inspired by Breton's collection of poems mad love. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Pierre Boulez (pjɛʁ buˈlɛz (b Germaine Tailleferre of the group Les Six wrote several works which could be considered to be inspired by Surrealism, including the 1948 Ballet "Paris-Magie" (scenario by Lise Delarme, who was closely linked to Breton), the Operas "La Petite Sirène" (book by Philippe Soupault) and "Le Maître" (book by Eugène Ionesco). Germaine Tailleferre ( April 19, 1892 - November 7, 1983) was a French Composer and the only female member of the famous Les Six is a name inspired by The Five, given in 1923 by critic Henri Collet in an article titled ‘Les cinq Russes les Tailleferre also wrote popular songs to texts by Claude Marci, the wife of Henri Jeanson, whose portrait had been painted by Magritte in the 1930s.
Surrealism and music
Early surrealists shared a negative opinion of music. Giorgio de Chirico claimed in his 1913 article "No Music" that a painting has a "music of its own", implying that music is unnecessary. Giorgio de Chirico ( July 10, 1888 &ndash November 20, 1978) was an influential pre-Surrealist and then Surrealist In 1928's "Le Surréalisme et la peinture" Breton dismisses music, "the most deeply confusing of all art forms", as providing a lesser degree of sensation and "spiritual realizations" than the plastic arts, saying that "auditive images, in fact, are inferior to visual images not only in clarity but also in strictness, and with all due respect to a few megalomaniacs, they are not destined to strengthen the idea of human greatness. Plastic arts are those Visual arts that involve the use of Materials that can be moulded or modulated in some way often in three dimensions So may night continue to descend upon the orchestra, and may I, who am still searching for something in this world, be left with open eyes, or with closed eyes in broad daylight, to my silent contemplation. " In 1944's essay on music "Silence is Golden" Breton confesses his ignorance of music and even suggests the fusing of music and poetry: "for the first audible diamond to be obtained, it is evident that the fusion of the two elements--music and poetry--into one, could only be accomplished at a very high emotional temperature. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. And it seems to me that it is in the expression of the passion of love that both music and poetry are most likely to reach this supreme point of incandescence. " (ibid, p. 29-30)
Despite all this, later Surrealists have been interested in, and found parallels to Surrealism in, the improvisation of jazz (as alluded to above), and the blues (Surrealists such as Paul Garon have written articles and full-length books on the subject). Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression Paul Garon is an Author, Writer, and editor, noted for his meditations on Surrealist works and also a noted scholar on Blues as a Jazz and blues musicians have occasionally reciprocated this interest; for example, the 1976 World Surrealist Exhibition included such performances by David Honeyboy Edwards. The Chicago Surrealist Group was founded in Chicago Illinois in July 1966 by Franklin and Penelope Rosemont after a 1965 trip to Paris, during David "Honeyboy" Edwards (born June 28 1915, Shaw, Mississippi United States) is an American Delta blues
Influence of Surrealist music
Readers of the Surrealists have also analysed reggae and, later, rap, and some rock bands such as The Psychedelic Furs. Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with The Psychedelic Furs are an English rock band founded in 1977 In addition to musicians who have been influenced by Surrealism (including some influence in rock — the title of the 1967 psychedelic Jefferson Airplane album Surrealistic Pillow was obviously inspired by the movement), such as the experimental group Nurse With Wound (whose album title Chance meeting on a dissecting table of a sewing machine and umbrella is taken from a line in Lautreamont's Maldoror), Surrealist music has included such explorations as those of Hal Rammel, a multiple of which include his odd instrument, the Triolin. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Psychedelic music is a term that refers to a broad set of popular music styles genres and scenes that may include Psychedelic rock, psychedelic folk, Psychedelic Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the Psychedelic rock movement Surrealistic Pillow is an album by American Psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane, released in February 1967 Nurse with Wound (or shortened as NWW) is the main recording name for British musician Steven Stapleton. Comte de Lautréamont (lotʁeaˈmɔ̃ in French was the Pen name of Isidore Lucien Ducasse ( April 4 Les Chants de Maldoror ( The Songs of Maldoror) is a Poetic Novel (or a long Prose poem) consisting of six Cantos It was written between The Triolin is an electroacoustic sound palette designed and built by Hal Rammel in 1991 Many ambient musicians (most notably Robert Rich) use complex arrangements of textural sounds to evoke surrealist imagery. Ambient music is a Musical genre in which sound is more important than notes Robert Rich is an Ambient musician and Composer based in California, United States. Many goth artists like Rozz Williams have been influenced by surrealism. This article is about the musical style of gothic rock For the goth scene in general see Goth subculture. Rozz Williams ( November 6, 1963 – April 1, 1998) born Roger Alan Painter was an American Deathrock vocalist most British experimental band Coil have noted Surrealist artists such as Salvador Dalí and Yves Tanguy as influences, and have practiced automatic writing. Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech 1st Marquis of Púbol (May 11 1904 &ndash January 23 1989 was a Spanish Catalan Surrealist Raymond Georges Yves Tanguy ( January 5, 1900 &ndash January 15, 1955) was a Surrealist painter Automatic writing is the process or product of writing material that does not come from the conscious thoughts of the writer John Lennon has been quoted as saying that "Surrealism to me is reality". John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born Perhaps the Beatles' most surreal song is "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"; which is partially influenced by a chapter in the Lewis Carroll book Through the Looking-Glass in which Alice is taken in a boat down the river by the queen. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Disambiguation Lucy in the Sky redirects here For the heroine of this name see Karolina Dean. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (ˈdɒdsən (27 January 1832 &ndash 14 January 1898 better known by the Pen name Lewis Carroll (/ˈkærəl/ was an English Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There ( 1871) is a work of Children's literature by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson Surrealism is also prevalent in the work of progressive rock band Pink Floyd particularly in their concept album The Wall which incorporated surrealistic illustrations (on its album sleeves) and surreal story and lyrics by leader Roger Waters. Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved Pink Floyd are The Wall is a Rock opera presented as a Double album by the English Progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in late George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943 in Great Bookham, Surrey) is an English rock musician
French composer Pierre Boulez wrote a piece called explosante-fixe (1972), inspired by Breton's mad love. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Pierre Boulez (pjɛʁ buˈlɛz (b
In a February 2003 interview, breakcore musician Aaron Funk (aka Venetian Snares) was asked a question regarding the diverse mix of genres he draws upon in his music, a property which the interviewer labelled "eclecticism". Breakcore is a loosely defined electronic music style that brings together elements of Industrial, jungle, Hardcore techno and IDM into a breakbeat-oriented Venetian Snares is the main performing alias of Canadian Electronic musician Aaron Funk (born January 11, 1975) Funk replied: "I prefer to call it Surrealism. "[1]
References
Sources
- Ashby, Arved, ed. (2004). "Twentieth-Century Tonality, or, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" by Lloyd Whitesell, The Pleasure of Modernist Music. ISBN 1-58046-143-3.
- Lochhead, Judy and Auner, Joseph (2002). "Reflections of Surrealism in Postmodern Musics" by Anne Lebaron, Postmodern Music/Postmodern Thought. Alice Anne LeBaron (b Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, May 30 1953) is an United States composer and Harpist ISBN 0-8153-3820-1.
- Paddison, Max (1993). "Adorno's Aesthetics of Music". ISBN 0-5214-3321-5.
- "Satan's Baby": Venetian Snares interview conducted by The Milk Factory
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