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Futurism is a modernist avant-garde movement in literature and part of the Futurism art movement that originated in Italy in the early 20th century. It made its official literature debut with the publication of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti 's Manifesto of Futurism (1909).
An "Ohio" formation in cursive script was first performed by the University of Michigan Marching Band during a 1932 football game between that school and Ohio State University. [3] This version, however, saw the band move directly into the word as opposed to maneuvering in a floating formation as would later become associated with Script Ohio. [4]
Futurism was an important influence upon Lewis's Vorticist philosophy. [16] Vorticism, named by Pound, was founded with the publication of Blast, to which Pound was a major contributor. An advertisement promised Blast would cover "Cubism, Futurism, Imagisme and All Vital Forms of Modern Art”. Blast was published only twice, in 1914 and 1915.
The Manifesto of Futurism (Italian: Manifesto del Futurismo) is a manifesto written by the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, published in 1909. [1] In it, Marinetti expresses an artistic philosophy called Futurism , which rejected the past and celebrated speed, machinery, violence, youth, and industry.
Zaum (Russian: за́умь, lit. 'transrational') are the linguistic experiments in sound symbolism and language creation of Russian Cubo-Futurist poets such as Velimir Khlebnikov and Aleksei Kruchenykh.
Lyrics are words that make up a song, usually consisting of verses and choruses. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist . The words to an extended musical composition such as an opera are, however, usually known as a " libretto " and their writer, as a " librettist ".
V~u represented a consonant or vowel depending on position, similar to y in modern English (e.g. nymph vs yellow). Analysis of the metre of the verse shows that the reader was expected to read Vtopos as 'Utopos', uoluala as 'volvala' and lauoluola as 'lavolvola'. More's text also contains Utopian "native" terms for Utopian concepts.
It was the second single released from their debut album Script for a Jester's Tear. It reached number 16 in the UK Singles Chart in 1983, the band's biggest singles chart success prior to 1985. [1] The song is a parody of social elitism and snobbery. The B-side is a live version of "Margaret" (recorded at Edinburgh Playhouse, 7 April 1983).