Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse (French: [ɛdɡaːʁ viktɔːʁ aʃil ʃaʁl vaʁ… Read Full Bio ↴Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse (French: [ɛdɡaːʁ viktɔːʁ aʃil ʃaʁl vaʁɛːz]; also spelled Edgar Varèse; December 22, 1883 – November 6, 1965) was a French-born composer who spent the greater part of his career in the United States.
Varèse's music emphasizes timbre and rhythm and he coined the term "organized sound" in reference to his own musical aesthetic. Varèse's conception of music reflected his vision of "sound as living matter" and of "musical space as open rather than bounded". He conceived the elements of his music in terms of "sound-masses", likening their organization to the natural phenomenon of crystallization. Varèse thought that "to stubbornly conditioned ears, anything new in music has always been called noise", and he posed the question, "what is music but organized noises?"
Although his complete surviving works only last about three hours, he has been recognised as an influence by several major composers of the late 20th century. Varèse saw potential in using electronic media for sound production, and his use of new instruments and electronic resources led to his being known as the "Father of Electronic Music" while Henry Miller described him as "The stratospheric Colossus of Sound".
Varèse actively promoted performances of works by other 20th-century composers and founded the International Composers’ Guild in 1921 and the Pan-American Association of Composers in 1926.
The Electronic House duo Varese from Argentina redirects to here as well
Varèse's music emphasizes timbre and rhythm and he coined the term "organized sound" in reference to his own musical aesthetic. Varèse's conception of music reflected his vision of "sound as living matter" and of "musical space as open rather than bounded". He conceived the elements of his music in terms of "sound-masses", likening their organization to the natural phenomenon of crystallization. Varèse thought that "to stubbornly conditioned ears, anything new in music has always been called noise", and he posed the question, "what is music but organized noises?"
Although his complete surviving works only last about three hours, he has been recognised as an influence by several major composers of the late 20th century. Varèse saw potential in using electronic media for sound production, and his use of new instruments and electronic resources led to his being known as the "Father of Electronic Music" while Henry Miller described him as "The stratospheric Colossus of Sound".
Varèse actively promoted performances of works by other 20th-century composers and founded the International Composers’ Guild in 1921 and the Pan-American Association of Composers in 1926.
The Electronic House duo Varese from Argentina redirects to here as well
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Intégrales
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Stephen Lawrence
PLaying this music is difficult because it is difficult to establish the tuning (the 'mode') - after a while it settles down, and one can hear all occurences of a pitch in a context with all the others, before and after - some may be the same or sharper or flatter, but always with some sort of 'progress' - whereas if tuning / modality is not established, notes seem more random, less integrated. Which is the title of the piece...
FigmentsFan
Not necessarily, if you're using a system that operates outside of the concept of a scalar or modal system. I believe this is free atonality here.
JoshScores
This is giving me AP Calculus AB flashbacks from high school
derrick Jiang
5:30 a quotation from Ravel's Boléro?
grasweg3
Thank you, I thought exactly the same at 4:10 . But I just looked up, Boléro was composed 1928, so after Intégrales (1923-1925).
YI WU
@grasweg3 Thanks for checking... though for me it's hard to believe... What a coincidence.
Alexis Leandro Varela
I thought the same!!!
Laurent Dietrich
@YI WU Actually this trumpet part was added in 1931 as a tribute to Ravel's Bolero :)
YI WU
@Laurent Dietrich Really? That's cool :D
Caroline Woodward
Thanks Frank Zappa