Ionisation (Varèse)
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Ionisation is a musical composition by Edgard Varèse written for thirteen percussionists. It was among the first concert hall compositions for percussion ensemble alone, although Alexander Tcherepnin
Nicolas Slonimsky conducting Ionisation in Havana
Ballet Mécanique
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Ballet Mécanique is a Dadaist, post-Cubist art film conceived, written, and co-directed by the artist Fernand Léger and the filmmaker Dudley Murphy. It has a musical score by the American composer Geo
Ionisation (Varèse)
…whip, sleigh bells, triangle, piano Ballet Mécanique, another early percussion ensemble piece often cited as the first Ionisation (Varèse): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project…
Ballet Mécanique, 1923–24
Antheil posing with one of the "noisemakers" he built for Ballet Mécanique, c. early 1920s
Futurist pratella