(FUTURISM) Pratella Balilla Manifesto dei Musicisti Futurist

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(FUTURISM.) Pratella, Balilla. Manifesto dei Musicisti Futuristi (2 editions) * La Musica Futurista. Together, 2 pamphlet manifestos. Each 4 pages. 292x232 mm; 11 1/2x9 1/8 inches, folded, central horizontal and vertical creases. Milan, Taveggia; Poligrafia Italiana, [1910]; Taveggia, [11 March 1911];

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Two (of three) of Pratella's manifestos concerning music. The first is an appeal to young musicians and a comparison of the commercial baseness of Italian music to the innovations of Wagner, Debussy, Charpentier, Elgar, and Mussorgsky. As a first Futurist encroachment on the musical establishment, it is of great importance. Apollino 31; Falqui 83. The second title is essentially a technical addendum to the first manifesto and in which he advocates the use of atonality, rhythmic irregularity, and (most revolutionary in Italian music) intervals smaller than a semitone. All three manifestos were published together in 1912 with a Boccioni cover. Though seemingly radical, Pratella's music fell short of its theories, leading Cangiullo to state" Fifteen years ago it would have sounded OK, but after Schoenberg it's just old Hat"--Tisdall 113; Pratella Autobiografia 261.