How does Russolo understand sound and noise? Has this changed your understanding of it?


It seems Russolo looks at sound as art through its spontaneity. Thus sound noise is more beautiful than musical noise, etc. As a violinist of quite a few years, I am gagging at his portrayal of the symphony and believe that he's being closed minded in ONLY his opinions of the use of musical instruments. They are man-made as well, which seemed important to him in the concepts of noise sound.



How is he using language to make this essay a sonic experience?

Heavy onomatopoeia, especially in that paragraph that he just makes noises/sounds for a while.

What are the "categories of noises" that he describes?

sound noise vs musical noise