★Fondazione Morra

Immaculate original copy of his rare 1st book issued in Italy by Morra in 1975 - 207 pages + 45 pages of pics (b/n) + interview. This book was published by Giuseppe Morra, friend and collector of Hermann Nitsch since the 60ies, very early-on recognised the complexity and power of the artist's work and had a major part in realising different performances and happenings.

Music plays a fundamental role in the life and work of Hermann Nitsch. It has always been one of the founding elements of his Orgien Misterien Theater (Theatre of Orgies and Mysteries). The initial use of music as purely functional to action was later replaced with a necessity for autonomous composition, in which music finds its own role, independent from the theatrical sphere. Nitsch's poetic is made up of strong contrasts where music represents the syntax of his theatre. Going through the scor…