Arthur Lourié
Russia, 1908–1966
A father of Russian musical futurism — his 1914 experiments reached early atonality and microtones; first commissar of music after the Revolution before emigrating, later a Stravinsky associate.
MusicRoots documents 3 artists who influenced Arthur Lourié and 0 artists Arthur Lourié influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.
Who influenced Arthur Lourié?
- Alexander Scriabin — Lourié's early piano pieces from 1908 take off from late Scriabin — the springboard for his march toward atonality and futurism.
- Claude Debussy — Debussy's harmony was the other pole of Lourié's early language, alongside Scriabin.
- Arnold Schoenberg — Lourié's move into an early dodecaphony (from 1914) followed Schoenberg's expressionist atonality.