Intonarumori
- Date
- 1910-1930 · confidence medium
- Place
- Milan, Lombardy, Italy
- Credited to
- Luigi Russolo
- Field
- Tools
What it is
A family of 27 experimental instruments built by Italian futurist Luigi Russolo to produce musical noises (roars, whistles, crackles), developed from his manifesto 'The Art of Noises'.
What it led to
- a forerunner of noise music and musique concrète
- influenced 20th-century avant-garde composers
- anticipated electronic sound synthesis