Sound poetry is an artistic form bridging literary and musical composition in which the phonetic aspects of human speech are foregrounded over conventional meaning and syntax, sometimes described as verse without words. By definition it is intended primarily for performance rather than silent reading.
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Partially Attested
Place of OriginThe quoted sentence names the Cabaret Voltaire venue and the year 1916 but not the city by name; Cabaret Voltaire was located in Zurich, Switzerland. Notable ExampleUrsonate by Kurt Schwitters (1922-1932) 1 Defining TraitPoetry in which the phonetic aspects of human speech are foregrounded over conventional semantic and syntactic meaning, described as verse without words 1 In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Switzerland, originated there.
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1. Sound poetry - Wikipedia
Early examples section, Hugo Ball sentence
Hugo Ball performed a piece of sound poetry in a reading at Cabaret Voltaire in 1916
Early examples section, Kurt Schwitters sentence
Kurt Schwitters' Ursonate (1922-32, 'Primal Sonata') is a particularly well known early example
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Sound poetry is an artistic form bridging literary and musical composition, in which the phonetic aspects of human speech are foregrounded instead of more conventional semantic and syntactic values; 'verse without words'.
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