Edgard Varèse
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Publications
- "The Liberation of Sound", ed. & notes Chou Wen-chung, Perspectives of New Music 5:1 (Autumn-Winter 1966), pp 11-19, PDF, HTML; repr. in Contemporary Composers on Contemporary Music, eds. Elliott Schwartz and Barney Childs, New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1967, pp 195-208, PDF; abridged repr. in Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music, eds. Christoph Cox and Daniel Warner, New York: Continuum, 2004, pp 17-21, PDF. Excerpts from lectures given in 1936, 1939, 1959 and 1962.
Literature
- Chou Wen-Chung, "Varèse: A Sketch of the Man and His Music", Musical Quarterly 52 (1966), pp 151-170.
- Frank Zappa, "Edgard Varese: The Idol of My Youth", Stereo Review (Jun 1971), pp 61-62, HTML.
- David Reed Bloch, The Music of Edgard Varèse, Yale University, 1973. Ph.D. dissertation.
- Florence Ann Parks, Freedom, Form, and Process in Varèse, Cornell University, 1974. Ph.D. dissertation.
- Sherman Van Solkema (ed.), The New Worlds of Edgard Varèse: A Symposium, New York: Institute for Studies in American Music, 1979, Log.
- Keith Tedman, Edgard Varèse: Concepts of Organized Sound, University of Sussex, 1983. D.Phil. dissertation.
- John Davis Anderson, The Influence of Scientific Concepts on the Music and Thought of Edgard Varèse, University of Northern Colorado Graduate School, 1984. Ph.D. dissertation.
- Jonathan W. Bernard, The Music of Edgard Varèse, Yale University Press, 1987.
- Alan Clayson, Edgard Varese, London: Bobcat Books, 2002.
- Jean-Claude Risset, "The Liberation of Sound, Art-Science and the Digital Domain. Contacts with Edgard Varese" [1991], Contemporary Music Review 23:2 (Jun 2004), pp 27-54, PDF.
- Felix Meyer, Heidy Zimmermann (eds.), Edgard Varèse: Composer, Sound Sculptor, Visionary, Boydell & Brewer, 2006, 500 pp. [1]
- Biographical
- Fernand Ouellette, Edgard Varèse, Paris: Seghers, 1966, 287 pp; new ed., rev. & augm., Paris, Christian Bourgois, 1989. (in French)
- Edgard Varèse, trans. Derek Coltman, New York: Orion Press, 1968, 270 pp; repr. as Edgard Varèse. A Musical Biography, London: Calder and Boyars, 1973, 270 pp; Da Capo Press, 1981.
- Louise Varèse, Varèse: A Looking-Glass Diary. Vol. 1, 1883-1928, New York: Norton, 1972.
- Ruth Julius, "Edgard Varèse: An Oral History Project, Some Preliminary Conclusions", Current Musicology 25 (1978), pp 38-49.
Documentary film
- Varese: The One All Alone, dir. Frank Scheffer, 89 min, 2009.
Links
- Entry on Varèse on IRCAM's website