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Varese, Edgard [Edgar] (Victor Achille Charles)

composer, fire sirens, Komponist, Komposition, musicisti


born: 22 Dec 1883 Paris, France Source: 1  

born: 22 Dec 1885 Source: 2  

died: 06 Nov 1965 New York / city, USA Source: 1  

date of Variety obit: 10 Nov 1965  

active: Bremen, Germany  

perf: 1959-1960 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1960-1961 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1960-1961 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1962-1963 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1964-1965 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1964-1965 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1965-1966 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1965-1966 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1969-1970 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1969-1970 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1970-1971 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1976-1977 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1980 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1980 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  
perf: 1981 Venezia, Italy (La Fenici)  

The Music Sack has 405 items with information about Edgard [Edgar] (Victor Achille Charles) Varese
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 1996

Bartova, J.
Wollte Varese Dirigent werden?
Orchester, Das 44:15+ N7-8 1996
       biog facs notes port

Number of People : 1


 1996

Bowman, David
A-Level; Advanced level history and analysis; Notes on Chronological Group IV from the London Anthology of Music; the tower of Babel
Music Teacher 75:21+ Feb 1996
       mus
       Note: LAM 98, 101, 107 and 113

Number of People : 1


 1996

Lyon Edgar Varese, au grand soleil de Brooklyn.
Diapason (France) N425:16 Apr 1996

Number of People : 1


 1996

Gervasoni, P.
Edgar Varese : l'odyssee de l'espace
Diapason (France) N423:36-9 Feb 1996
       diag port

Number of People : 1


 1996

Rolland, Romain
Loin des grimaces d'une epoque
Diapason (France) N423:40 Feb 1996
       port

Number of People : 1


 1996

[Index of Names]

The above item is part of :
Bloom, Ken
American song
The complete musical theater companion: 1877-1995. Volume 2: T-Z and indexes
Second edition
New York: Schirmer Books, 1996, 2093 p.

Number of People : 24,881


 1996

Karolyi, Otto
Modern American music from Charles Ives to the minimalists
London: Cygnus Arts, 1996, 143 p.

Number of People : 25


 1995

Hirsbrunner, Theo
Die musik in Frankreich im 20. Jahrehundert
Laaber: Laaber Verlag, 1995, 287 p.

Number of People : 6


 1995

Struble, John Warthen
The history of American classical music : MacDowell through Minimalism
By John Warthen Struble
Facts on File, 1995, 444 p.

Number of People : 74


 1995

Thurston, L.B.
Reviews / recordings Edgard Varese, Milton Babbitt, Roger Reynolds, Iannis Xenakis : Electro Acoustic Music Classics
Computer Music Journal 19:111 N2 1995
       Note: Neuma CD

Number of People : 1


 1995

Rich, Alan
American pioneers : Ives to Cage and beyond
London: Phaidon Press, 1995, 240 p.

Number of People : 4


 1995

Notes for Notes
Notes 52:55 N1 1995
       Note: library acquired by Univ. of Texas at Austin

Number of People : 1


 1995

Hall, D.
Best of the month reviews Ives : Symphony No. 4; the Unanswered Question
Varese : Ameriques (Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus, Dohnanyi conductor) (London)
Stereo Review 60:82 May 1995

Number of People : 1


 1995

Rosselli, T.
El Maestro-mago de los sonidos : Varese tra arte, scienza e alchimia
Musica/realta 15:97+ N46 1995
       notes

Number of People : 1


 1995

Kuhn, Georg-Friedrich
Klassik-CDs Edgard Varese/Charles Ives: Ameriques/4. Symphony, the Unanswered Question (The Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus, Christoph von Dohnanyi) (Decca)
Stereoplay N2:146 Feb 1995
       illustr.

Number of People : 1


 1995

Peysen, Joan
Babbitt, Milton
Tureck, Rosalyn
The music of my time
Foreword by Milton Babbitt and Rosalyn Tureck
London: Kahn & Averill, 1995, 474 p.

Number of People : 44


 1994

Dijk, M. van
Over Deserts van Edgard Varese
Mens En Melodie 49:338-45 Jun 1994
       cover il il mus notes ports

Number of People : 1


 1994

Siwe, T.
Edgard Varese's Ionisation : analysis and performance problems
Percussive Notes 32:73-7 N5 1994
       bibliog discog

Number of People : 1


 1994

Hautus, Loek
Een schonberg-citaat bij Varese
Mens En Melodie 49:133 Feb 1994
       mus

Number of People : 1


 1994

Knockaert, Yves
Uit de nieuwe wereld : over het lot van Europese musici, immigranten in Amerika
Adem 30:210+ N4 1994
       bibliog il port
       includes summary in English and French

Number of People : 1


 1994

Fricke, David
Frank Zappa 1940-1993
Rolling Stone N674:11-13+ Jan 27 1994

Number of People : 1


 1994

Neytcheva, S.
Varese en het post-modernisme : in de schaduw van de Sacre
Mens En Melodie 49:170-77 Mar 1994
       mus notes port port p139

Number of People : 1


 1994

Classical music reviews Prokofiev : Symphony No. 3
Mosolov : Iron Foundry
Varese : Arcana (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chailly) (London)
Stereo Review 59:158+ Dec 1994

Number of People : 1


 1994

Geysen, F.
Monodie en melodie in de moderne muziek
Adem 30:24-6 N1 1994
       mus
       includes summary in English and French

Number of People : 1


 1994

Artaud, P.Y.
Aspects of the flute in the twentieth century
Contemporary Music Review 8:141-9 N2 1994
       graph il mus notes table

Number of People : 1


 1994

Composing a viable (if transitory) self : Brian Ferneyhough in conversation with James Boros
Perspectives of New Music 32:114-30 N1 1994
       mus notes

Number of People : 1


 1994

Anderson, J.
Spektralmusiken : en historisk och internationell oeversikt
Nutida Musik 37:67-8 N2 1994
       notes

Number of People : 1


 1993

Hommel, Friedrich
Quali anni Cinquanta? Ritratto di famiglia con Ives, Cowell, Varese e Cage
Musica/realta 14:201-9 N40 1993

Number of People : 1


 1993

Guillot, M.
Musique et metissage
Revue d'Esthetique N24:131 1993
       il mus notes

Number of People : 1


 1993

Gann, Kyle
Music Voice of the unutterable
Village Voice: 38:65 Dec 28 1993

Number of People : 1


 1993

Ruiter, Wim de
Compositie-Technieken in de twintigste eeuw partituur-voorbeelden
Haarlem, Netherlands: Detoorts, 1993, 111 p.

Number of People : 40


 1993

Babbitt, Milton
Edgard Varese : alcune osservazioni sulla sua musica
Musica/realta 14:223+ N40 1993

Number of People : 1


 1993

Julius, Ruth
Edgard Varese : un progetto di storia orale, alcune conclusioni preliminari
Musica/realta 14:211+ N40 1993

Number of People : 1


 1993

Voermans, E.
De monolithische mythe van Edgard Varese
Mens En Melodie 48:382-7 Jun 1993
       mus port

Number of People : 1


 1993

Guck, Marion A.
[Cracked octaves, warped perspectives
A response. J.W. Bernard] The "endless round"
Perspectives of New Music 31:306-14 N1 1993
       notes

Number of People : 1


 1993

Thomas, G.
Reviews / CDs Varese : Ameriques, Offrandes, Hyperprism, Octandre, Arcana (Phyllis Bryn-Julson; Orchestre National de France/Kent Nagano) (Erato)
Musical Times, 134:595 Oct 1993
       port

Number of People : 1


 1992

Bernard, Jonathan W.
Cracked octaves, warped perspectives
A response
Perspectives of New Music 30:274-89 N2 1992

Number of People : 1


 1992

La musique du xxe siecle
Paris: Hachette, 1992, 382 p.

Number of People : 27


 1992

Still, W.G.
The William Grant Still reader : the writings of Still : horizons unlimited
Black Sacred Music 6:233-44 N2 1992

Number of People : 1


 1992

Corti, Fosco
Nota su Varese
Musica/realta 13:107-9 N38 1992
       notes

Number of People : 1


 1992

Sparrer, Walter-Wolfgang
Heister, Hanns-Werner
Komponisten der Gegenwart
Edition Text+Kritik
Herausgegeben von Hanns-Werner Heister und Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer
1992

Number of People : 466


 1992

Verdonk, F.
De stad als inspiratiebron voor de avantgardist Edgar Varese
Adem 28:136-9 N3 1992
       port
       includes summary in English and French

Number of People : 1


 1992

Schaeffer, Pierre
Varese e l'equivoco
Musica/realta 13:149+ N39 1992

Number of People : 1


 1992

Guck, Marion A.
Varese bound
Perspectives of New Music 30:244-73 N2 1992
       diag mus

Number of People : 1


 1992

Manzoni, Giacomo
Masse : Omaggio a Edgard Varese
Musica/realta 13:157+ N39 1992

Number of People : 1


 1992

Still, G.
The William Grant Still reader; the writings of Still; can music make a career? W
Black Sacred Music 6:157-63 N2 1992

Number of People : 1


 1992

Fousnaquer, Jacques-Emmanuel
Leble, Christian
Glayman, Claude
Musiciens de notre temps depuis 1945
Jacques-Emmanuel Fousnaquer, Claude Glayman, Christian Leble
Paris: Editions Plume, 1992, 542 p.

Number of People : 95


 1992

Moog, R.
Mattis, O.
Leon Theremin : pulling music out of thin air
Keyboard 18:46-54 Feb 1992
       bibliog il

Number of People : 1


 1992

Cowell, Henry
La musica di Edgar Varese
Musica/realta 13:165-75 N37 1992
       mus

Number of People : 1


 1992

Schnebel, Dieter
Il suono corporale. Edgard Varese e la sua musica
Musica/realta 13:145-8 N39 1992

Number of People : 1


 1992

Guaccero, Domenico
Note per uno studio su Edgar Varese
Musica/realta 13:175-89 N37 1992
       notes

Number of People : 1


 1992

Clementi, Aldo
Prefazione a Varese
Musica/realta 13:155-6 N39 1992

Number of People : 1


 1992

Indice Dei Nomi

p. 487-570 In:
Rossi, Franco
Girardi, Michele
Il teatro la Fenici : chronologia degli spettacoli 1938-1991
Venezia: Albrizzi Editore, 1992, 650 p.

Number of People : 11,539


 1992

Mattis, O.
Varese's multimedia conception of Deserts
Musical Quarterly: 76:557-83 N4 1992
       illustr.

Number of People : 1


 1992

Phelps, S.V.
Edgard Varese
The organization and exploration of sound
Flutist Quarterly: 17:21+ Summer 1992
       bibliog biog

Number of People : 1


 1992

Fleuret, Maurice
Daniel, Jean
Chroniques pour la musique d'aujour'hui
Preface de Jean Daniel
Arles, France: Editions Bernard Coutaz, 1992, 275 p.

Number of People : 54


 1991

Marvin, Elizabeth West
The perception of rhythm in non-tonal music : rhythmic contours in the music of Edgard Varese
Music Theory Spectrum 13:61-78 N1 1991
       diag mus table

Number of People : 1


 1991

Dixon, Gail
Some principles of structural coherence in Varese's Ameriques
Current Musicology N48:27-41 [1991]
       mus

Number of People : 1


 1991

Cogan, Robert
Varese : an oppositional sonic poetics
Sonus 11:26-35 N2 1991
       bibliog diag graph

Number of People : 1


 1991

Francois, J.C.
Organization of scattered timbral qualities.
A look at Edgard Varese's Ionisation
Perspectives of New Music 29:48-79 N1 1991
       diag facs mus

Number of People : 1


 1991

Reviews / recordings Electro-Acoustic Music : Classics.
Computer Music Journal 15:77-9 N2 1991

Number of People : 1


 1991

Cox, D.H.
Geometric structures in Varese's Arcana
Music Review: 52:346-54 N4 1991
       table

Number of People : 1


 1991

Notes for Notes
Notes 48:447 N2 1991
       Note: new acquisitions at Stanford University Libraries

Number of People : 1


 1991

Marvin, Elizabeth West
The perception of rhythm in non-tonal music : rhythmic contours in the music of Edgard Varese
Music Theory Spectrum 13:61-78 N1 1991
       diag mus table

Number of People : 1


 1991

Wood, P.
Recollections with John Robinson Pierce
Computer Music Journal 15:17-28 N4 1991

Number of People : 1


 1991

Motte-Haber, Helga de la
Edgard Varese und die europaische Tradition
Musiktheorie 6:221-31 N3 1991
       mus

Number of People : 1


 1991

Stenzl, Jurg
Hambourg Fete musicale 1991
Dissonanz/dissonance N30:40-41 Nov 1991
       mus

Number of People : 1


 1991

Morgan, Robert P.
Twentieth-century music
A history of musical style in modern Europe and America
New York: W.W. Norton, 1991, 554 p.
      (Series: The Norton Introduction To Music History)

Number of People : 47


 1991

Bernard, Jonathan W.
Letter to the editor
Journal of Music Theory 35:310+ N1-2 1991

Number of People : 1


 1991

Anderson, J.D.
Varese and the lyricism of the new physics
Musical Quarterly: 75:31-49 N1 1991
       bibliog port

Number of People : 1


 1990

Concerts.
Musical Opinion 113:419 Dec 1990

Number of People : 1


 1990

Borchers, J.
Dichtefelder aus Ruhe und hoher Spannung : Anmerkungen zum Flote-Spielen in Verbindung mit Density 21.5 von Varese
Neue Musikzeitung 39:25 Feb-Mar 1990

Number of People : 1


 1990

Geraci, T.
Varese e i compositori europei
Musica/realta 11:71-90 N32 1990

Number of People : 1


 1990

Carpentier, Alejo
Edgar Varez, revolyutsioner v muzyke
Sovetskaya Muzyka N3:126-7 Mar 1990

Number of People : 1


 1990

Record reviews Varese : Ionisation, Ameriques; Density 21.5; Offrandes; Arcana; Octandre; Integrales (Ensemble InterContemporain, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, P. Boulez, conductor) (Sony Classical CD)
Music Magazine 13:41-2 N5 1990
       port

Number of People : 1


 1990

Muller, G.
Edgard-Varese-Ausstellung in Westberlin
Musik und Gesellschaft 40:577 Nov 1990
       illustr.

Number of People : 1


 1990

Haack, S.
Hommage a Edgard Varese
Musica 44:377-8 N6 1990
       Note: Ausstellung

Number of People : 1


 1990

Carpentier, Alejo
Edgar Varez
Sovetskaya Muzyka N3:127-30 Mar 1990

Number of People : 1


 1989

Sonti, Piero
Repertorio di musica Sinfonica : gli autori, le composizioni dal seicento a oggi
Ricordi, 1989

Number of People : 201


 1989

Cox, D.H.
Focus on research; On the threshold of beauty : form and structure in Varese's Ionisation
Percussive Notes 27:57-9 N2 1989
       diag table

Number of People : 1


 1989

Blyth, Alan
Pitch structure and process in three compositions of Edgard Varese
Miscellanea Musicologica 16:159-93 1989
       mus

Number of People : 1


 1989

Blyth, Alan
Pitch structure and process in three compositions of Edgard Varese
Miscellanea Musicologica 16:159-93 1989
       mus

Number of People : 1


 1989

Radice, Mark A.
Futurismo : its origins, context, repertory, and influence
Musical Quarterly: 73:13-14 N1 1989
       bibliog

Number of People : 1


 1989

Blyth, Alan
Pitch structure and process in three compositions of Edgard Varese
Miscellanea Musicologica 16:159-93 1989
       mus

Number of People : 1


 1989

Koto, T.
Basic cells and foreign bodies in Varese's Integrales
Sonus 9:36-45 N2 1989
       mus

Number of People : 1


 1989

Gumbel, Martin
Versuch an Vareses Density 21,5
Tibia 14:580-86 N4 1989
       bibliog graph table

Number of People : 1


 1989

Castanet, Pierre Albert
Musiques spectrales : nature organique et materiaux sonores au 20e siecle
Dissonanz/dissonance 20:5+ May 1989
       bibliog mus

Number of People : 1


 1988

Johnson, G.
Da stoeyen kom til jorden
Ballade 12:98+ N2-3 1988
       il mus

Number of People : 1


 1988

Register

p. 205-216 In:
Willimann, Joseph
50 Jahre Pro Musica Ortsgruppe Zurich ...
Zurich: Atlantis Musikbuch Verlag, 1988, 216 p.

Number of People : 836


 1988

Cox, D.H.
Thematic interrelationships between the works of Varese
Music Review: 49:205-17 N3 1988
       biog mus table

Number of People : 1


 1988

Carpentier, Alejo
Zhiviyat Varez
Bulgarska Muzika 39:63-9 N9 1988
       biog ports

Number of People : 1


 1988

Cox, David Harold
Thematic Interrelationships Between the Works of Varese.
Music Review, 49, no. 3 (1988): 205-217.
       musical examples

Number of People : 1

Descriptive note


 1988

Koto, T.
Basic cells and hybridization in Varese's Octandre
Sonus 8:59-67 N2 1988
       mus

Number of People : 1


 1988

Shokhman, G.
Edgar Varez : apostol muzykal'nogo radikalizma
Sovetskaya Muzyka N11:114-24 Nov 1988
       port

Number of People : 1


 1987

Zeller, Hans Rudolf
Als Anreger weit unterschatzt : Ferruccio Busoni und die musikalische Avantgarde um 1920
Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik N2:12 Feb 1987

Number of People : 1


 1987

Frock, G.
Focus on performance : Ionisation
An analytical interpretation
Percussive Notes 25:31-2 N5 1987
       mus

Number of People : 1


 1987

Canby, Edward Tatnall
Audio ETC : the sounds of music
Audio 71:77-8 Oct 1987
       Note: use of taped segments with live orchestra

Number of People : 1


 1987

Takashi, Koto
Basic Cells and Combinations in Vare se's Ionisation.
Sonus, 7, no. 2 (Spring 1987): 35-45.

Number of People : 1

Descriptive note


 1987

Koto, T.
Basic cells and combinations in Varese's Ionisation
Sonus 7:35-45 N2 1987
       chart mus

Number of People : 1


 1986

Stoianova, Ivanka
Edgard Varese : "Ecuatorial"
Melos. 48 (1986) H. 4, S. 59-91.
       Mit 17 Notenbeisp.

Number of People : 1


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