THE
FUTURE
OF
MUSIC:
CREDO
I
Wherever we are, what we hear is mostly noise. When we
fascinating. The sound of a truck at 50 m.p.h. Static bet
t h TIMEe s o u n d s , t o u s e t h e m , n o t a s s o u n d e f f e c t s , b u t a s
e s MACHINE
“sound effects” recorded on film. With a film phonograph
of any one of these sounds and to give to it rhythms wi
four film phonographs, we can compose and perform a qua
TO
MAKE
MUSICIf
this
word,
music,
is
sacred
century
instruments,
we
can
s u b s t i t u t e EN a
m
CH H
AC K WAS M U S I C P
W I L L C O N T I N U E A N D I N C R E A S E U N T I L W E R EB
A
I
T e NG ,
M o s t i n v e n t o r s o f e l e c t r i c a l m u s i c a l i n s t r u mH REt sT h a v e a
n
E
Ws cN p Re d t h e
i n s t r u m e n t s , j u s t a s e a r l y a u t o m o b i l e d e s i g n e r THEo Ai E
Y
W
HOs t r uW t t h e f u t
this desire to imitate the past rather than con
NO c
new possibilities, Thereministes did their utmost to mak
it a sickeningly sweet vibrato, and performing upon it, w
instrument is capable of a wide variety of sound qualities,
as censors, giving the public those sounds they think the pu
The special property of electrical instruments will be
o f t o n e s (a s o p p o s e d t o n o i s e s) a n d t o m a k e t h e s e t o n
WHICH
WILL
MAKE
AVA I L A B L E
FOR
MUSICAL
PURPO
PHOTOELECTRIC,
FILM,
AND
MECHANICAL
MEDIUM
I t i s n o w p o s s i b l e f o r c o m p o s e r s t o m a k e m u s i c d i r e c t l y, w i t h o u t
often enough on a sound track is audible. 280 circles per secon
of Beethoven repeated 50 times per second on a sound track wi
W I L L BE E X P L OR E D. W H E R E A S , I N T H E PA ST, T H E P OI
AND CONSONANCE, IT WILL BE, IN THE IMMEDIATE FUT
T H E P R E S E N T M E T HOD S OF W R I T I N G M U S IC , P R I N C I PA L LY T HO S E
STEPS IN THE FIELD OF SOUND, WILL BE INADEQUATE FOR THE CO
The
composer
(o r