Arseny Avraamov : The March of the Worker's Funeral

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The March of the Worker's Funeral (excerpt included in the version of "Symphony of Sirens" in Moscow, 1923) / (extract from the "Symphony of the sirens". Moscow, 1923)

Leopoldo Amigo, reconstruction
Miguel Molina, reconstruction

Year of Recording : 2003-2006

From the CD "Baku : Symphony of Sirens" and the CD "Noises and Whispers from Avant Gardes".

After the successful experience of the "Symphony of the sirens" in Baku, Avraamov was called by the
Proletkult of Moscow to repeat this event in the celebrations of the Sixth Anniversary of the October
Revolution (1923). In order to carry it out, they counted on the aid of the Metal Workers Union, the Factory Committees of the District of Transriver, the Young Communist Union, the Railroad Transports Commissariat, the professional musicians of the Conservatory of Moscow and the Revolutionary Army of the Republic (RVSR). The result was not as expected: long distances between the different sound elements could not create the acoustic unit attempted, and thus the version for sirens of "the International" became incomprehensible for most of the listeners. New musical themes were included to the version of Baku, like "the March of the Worker’s Funeral", who used to be sung after the International, in tribute to the workers passed away during the revolution.