The Music of Dada: A lesson in intermediality for our times

Contents

• 1. Music in Zurich Dada, 1916-1918
• 2. New York pre-Dada and its Parisian roots: music excluded from modern art
• 3. The last Zurich Dada soiree: music drowned out
• 4. Music and anti-music in Paris Dada, 1920-1923
• 5. The music of Dada follows Kurt Schwitters to Holland (bypassing Berlin) and ends in the Ursonate