KURT SCHWITTERS – “Ursonate”
a bit crap? the futurists were a riot, from the absurd nihilistic manifestos to the compositions themselves. it should be kept in mind that they were painters not musicians. the text for this a capella piece, which gained a cult following of sorts with the crowd of one of my classmates:
lanke trr gll (“trr” a bit higher in pitch)
pi pi pi pi pi (ascending in pitch)
uuga uuga uuga uuga
lanke trr gll
pi pi pi pi pi
zuuga zuuga zuuga zuuga . . .
iiuu (really stretch out the “ii”s in this section)
ziiu
iiuu
ziiu . . .