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Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse (French: [ɛdɡaʁ viktɔʁ aʃil ʃaʁl vaʁɛz]; also spelled Edgar; [1] December 22, 1883 – November 6, 1965) [2] was a French composer who spent the greater part of his career in the United States.
Edgard Varèse (born Dec. 22, 1883, Paris, France—died Nov. 8, 1965, New York, N.Y., U.S.) was a French-born American composer and innovator in 20th-century techniques of sound production. Varèse spent his boyhood in Paris, Burgundy, and Turin, Italy.
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Amériques is an orchestral composition by Edgard Varèse, scored for a very large, romantic orchestra with additional percussion (for eleven performers) including sirens. Written between 1918 and 1921 and revised in 1927, it was the first work Varèse composed after he moved to the United States.
Edgard Varèse is one of the greatest mavericks of all time. In this three-hour interview, flutist Claire Chase speaks with the late composer's assistant and confidant, Chou Wen-chung.
May 23, 2018 · Varèse, Edgard (1885–1965) French composer, a leading advocate of 20th-century experimental music. Varèse experimented with new rhythms and timbres and dissonant harmonies in works such as Hyperprism (1923) for wind instruments and percussion, and Déserts (1954) for tape-recorded sound.
Quick Reference. (1883–1965) French-born US composer and conductor, who pioneered the use of electronic and taped sound in composing. Varèse initially planned to become an engineer, but at eighteen, having composed his first opera at the age of twelve, he entered the Schola Cantorum in Paris (1904), where he studied with d Indy and Albert ...
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EDGARD VARÈSE, whom many refer to as the father of electronic music, was born in 1883 in Paris, France. He spent the first ten years of his life in Paris and Burgundy. Family pressures led him to prepare for a career as an engineer by studying mathematics and science.
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