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Tag Archives: edgar varèse
Varèse: Poême électronique 1958
First presented at the 1958 Brussels Worlds Fair with 425 speakers placed throughout the famous Philips pavilion, the placement of the speakers and design of the building gave the spectators a feeling of being housed within a concrete, silver seashell. … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Visual Arts
Tagged 1958, brussels, edgar varèse, Iannis Xenakis, Le corbusier
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Varèse At The Southbank
Our pal MagicFingers writes: Any of you KUR afficionados who happen to be in the London area over the weekend of April 16-18 might be in for a bit of a treat. There’s something rather special happening down at the … Continue reading
Varèse & The Jazzmen
Most peculiar: a tape recording of composer Edgar Varèse conducting a workshop of Jazz musicians in the year 1957. It might be the first free jazz recording (totally unissued) of History of Music. Varèse might have influenced jazzmen or was … Continue reading