Arseny Avraamov Symphony Of Factory Sirens ( Public Event, Baku 1922)
Arsenij Avraamov s bestknown creation appeared involved the Caspian port of Baku Bakı, capital of Azerbaijan, for the Fifth Anniversary of the Soviet Republic on 7 November 1922. A spectacular, called the Symphony of the Factory Sirens, used the services of a huge cast of choirs (joined by spectators), the foghorns of the entire Soviet Caspian flotilla, two batteries of artillery guns, a number of full infantry regiments (including a machinegun division) hydroplanes, and all the factory sirens of Baku. Conductors posted on specially built towers signaled various sound units with colored flags and pistol shots. A central steamwhistle machine pounded out The Internationale and La Marseillaise as noisy autotransports (halftracks) raced across Baku for a gigantic sound finale in the festival square. Russian composer and theorist. He studied theory at the music school attached to the Moscow Philharmonic Society with I. N. Protopopov and A. M. Kore
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