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Luigi Russolo
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Italian Futurist artist and composer (1885–1947)
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Luigi Russolo was an Italian composer, musical instrument maker, music theorist, and painter. Born in Portogruaro in 1885, he was educated at the Brera Academy and began his work period in 1901. He was a member of the Futurism movement and spoke and wrote in Italian. His brother was Antonio Russolo.
Russolo worked in Barcelona, Madrid, Milan, and Paris. He is associated with experimental music, futurism, spoken word, noise, Avant-Garde, and dada genres. His works are held in the collections of the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Roma, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, and Musée d'art moderne de Paris. He died in Laveno-Mombello in 1947.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Italy
- Active from
- 1885
- Active to
- 1947
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 15,421
- Total plays
- 110,107
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Luigi Russolo (April 30, 1885 - February 4, 1947) was an Italian Futurist painter and composer, and the author of the manifestoes The Art of Noises (1913) and Musica Futurista. Russolo was born at Portogruaro, in the Veneto region, the son of an organist in the local cathedral and director of the Schola Cantorum of Latisana. His brothers were also musicians. Russolo moved to Milan in 1901, frequenting the Brera Academy, and took part to the restoration of Leonardo's Last Supper in Santa Maria
Key facts
- Born
- Luigi Russolo , ( 1885-04-30 ) 30 April 1885, Portogruaro , Italy
- Died
- 4 February 1947 (1947-02-04) (aged 61), Laveno Mombello , Italy
- Genres
- Futurism experimental avant-garde noise
- Occupations
- Composer painter custom instrument builder
- Years active
- 1901–1947
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Luigi
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Portogruaro
- Place of death
- Laveno-Mombello
- Sibling
- Antonio Russolo
- Occupation
- painter
- Educated at
- Brera Academy
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Genre
- experimental music
- Movement
- Futurism
- Image
- Luigi Russolo ca. 1916.gif
- Work location
- Turin
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- Commons category
- Luigi Russolo
- date of birth
- 1885-04-30
- date of death
- 1947-02-04
- Commons Creator page
- Luigi Russolo
- name in native language
- Luigi Russolo
- birth name
- Luigi Russolo
- start of work period
- 1901-00-00
- writing language
- Italian
- has works in the collection
- National Gallery of Art
- described by source
- UbuWeb
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Luigi Russolo, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
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). Russolo completed his secondary education at Seminary of Portogruaro in 1901, after which he moved to Milan and began gaining interest in the arts. 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. He designed and constructed a number of noise-generating devices called Intonarumori.
Biography
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