David Carrington, Merda taurorum animas conturbit

[plasticjesus108]

HAMBURGER MUSIC

[boogster123321]

yeah thats what i thought

[jubilman]

cool !

[SteveSparx]

Futuristic music that is ahead of its' time~brilliant

[John11inch]

I also note that David Harrington is a living, American composer of Neo-Romantic music. He has a facebook and everything.

[John11inch]

I think you must have your files mislabeled (or have been otherwise misled). This is actually an arrangement of one of the remaining pages of Xenakis' Sieben Klavierstucke. Just look for the Helffer LP; you'll see.

[MusicDoLove]

A very interesting piece.

[emperorIng360]

I didn't think songs like this were written back then.

Quite an ear-opener.

[boogster123321]

amazing thank you

[composerdoh]

Wow! That was written in 1933?!!! Seriously?

It sounds almost like it was written in the 1970s.... or even later!

[GreggaryPeccary]

The harmonic and rhythmic language was very advanced for the time

[flammesombres]

composerdoh: that was my exact reaction!! But you have to bear in mind that this is a (somewhat) revised version of the piece, and that it can only really be fully realized on a synth/music notation program.

The fact that you think it was written in the 70s or later on shows its extraordinary vitality... As I said, this blows his contemporaries work right out of the water.

[GreggaryPeccary]

Yes, it hints toward great artists to come, for example James Brown or even the artist formally known as Prince

[flammesombres]

yes, especially with the solo cadenza at the end, which I believe was originally notated for female voice, but it had to changed due to its complexity. Had Mr. Harrington lived to see the Moog and Arp synthesizers, one can only imagine how much more creative he could have been.

[boogster123321]

the only thing i dont get is why you have a picture of luigi russolo and the only david harrington i know is from the kronos quartet

[composerdoh]

Yes, I did note that there is a sound resembling an electric guitar in there, and wondered how he could have asked for that exact sound prior to the 1950s.

lol!

But it's still amazing.

[marcmickey]

that was cool !

[Farksisten]

Friggin awesome, I love it!

[flammesombres]

Wow, this guy was ahead of the TIMES! I've read a lot about Harrington and his pioneering work in the field of English Futurism, but I never expected his work to be so emotionally communicative... this must've been before his work became overly academic, am I right? But this work (and I assume other works from this period) clearly puts him ahead of his contemporaries (such as, for example, Hughland Middleton Barrett and Richard Eggsonsworthington Smith).

[GreggaryPeccary]

Yes, Flammesombres, you're absolutely right! You erudite pundit, you!