V.A. : Festival Dada Paris: Soiree Du Coeur A Barbe

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A unique anthology of piano music linked to the Dada art movement in Paris between 1920 and 1923, Festival Dada Paris is based on the piano repertoire performed at two landmark Dada happenings staged in Paris. The first was the Festival Dada on 26 May 1920, and the second the infamous Soiree du Coeur a Barbe on 6 July 1923 - an event disrupted by violent confrontation between Tristan Tzara's Dada faction and the Surrealist vanguard lead by Andre Breton.

Music from the 1920 event includes two pieces by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes as well as The American Nurse by Francis Picabia, consisting of "three notes repeated to infinity". Pieces performed at the riotous 1923 soiree include two fox-trots by Georges Auric and Darius Milhaud (both members of compositional grouping Les Six), Trois Morceaux en Forme de Poire by Erik Satie (performed in person by the composer on the night), and Three Easy Pieces by Igor Stravinsky.

The anthology also includes other pieces such as Satie's bizarre playlet Le Piege de Meduse (premiered in Paris in May 1921), Drie Composities voor Klavier by the Belgian-born Dada/Surrealist E.L.T. Mesens, and a piano rendering of Marcel Duchamp's short vocal Musical Erratum from 1913. The album closes with an historic Stravinsky recording from 1925 by Marcelle Meyer, the virtuoso pianist who performed at both Dada events in 1920 and 1923.

While often described in written histories of Dada and Surrealism, the music performed at these legendary happenings is rarely heard. Remarkably, this project includes the first ever recordings of the featured compositions by Ribemont-Dessaignes, Picabia and Mesens. All were researched and performed by Dutch pianist Peter Beijersbergen van Henegouwen.

The CD booklet includes detailed liner notes by James Hayward as well as archive images.

Tracklist
- Soiree Du Coeur A Barbe: Theatre Michel 6 July 1923
1 Erik Satie - Trois Morceaux En Forme De Poire 14:58
Composed By - Erik Satie
2 Darius Milhaud - Caramel Mou (Shimmy) 3:19
Composed By - Darius Milhaud
3 Georges Auric - Adieu, New York (Fox-trot) 6:27
Composed By - Georges Auric
4 Igor Stravinsky - Trois Pieces Faciles A Quatre Mains 4:08
Composed By - Igor Stravinsky

- Festival Dada: Salle Gaveau 26 May 1920
5 Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes - Le Nombril Interlope 6:11
Composed By - Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes
6 Francis Picabia - La Nourrice Americaine (Fast) 3:06
Composed By - Francis Picabia

- Manifestation Dada: Maison De L'Oeuvre 27 March 1920
7 Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes - Pas De La Chicoree Frisee 4:06
Composed By - Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes

- Theatre Michel 24 May 1921
8 Erik Satie - Le Piege De Meduse 3:34
Composed By - Erik Satie

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9 E.L.T. Mesens - Drie Composities Voor Klavier 2:57
Composed By - E.L.T. Mesens
10 Marcel Duchamp - Musical Erratum 2:00
Composed By - Marcel Duchamp
11 Francis Picabia - La Nourrice Americaine (Slow) 2:59
Composed By - Francis Picabia
12 Igor Stravinsky - Rag-Time (1925 Recording) 3:27
Composed By - Igor StravinskyPiano - Marcelle Meyer
13 Unknown Artist - Le Pelican (Fox-trot) (Wax Cylinder Recording) - 1:05
Credits

Liner Notes - James Hayward
Piano - Ben Hurrelbrinck (tracks: 4), Peter Beijersbergen Van Henegouwen (tracks: 1 to 11)