On April 1, 1897, the remarkable French humorist Alphonse Allais published his Album primo-avrilesque. It was a slim volume, containing seven monochromatic paintings (such as “Apoplectic cardinals picking tomatoes by the Red Sea”) and a silent funeral march (because the greatest sorrows are mute). The march was the first silent piece, preceding similar works by […]
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L’Album primo-avrilesque
April 1st, 2011 · 2 Comments
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