At the first public Dada-Soirée, at the Cabaret Voltaire in Zürich, on July 14, 1916, Hugo Ball read aloud his Dada manifesto — "How does one achieve eternal bliss? By saying dada. How does one become famous? By saying dada" — and recited several of his sound poems, including "Karawane," reënacted above. This week critics of the New York Times have an overview of Dada's influence. Esa-Pekka Salonen's recent choral-orchestral work Karawane, an elegantly barbaric setting of Ball's poem, is one sign of Dada's lingering presence.
