A commemoration of Edgard Varèse : December 15, 1965

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Name: Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965 (Composer); Barzun, Jacques, 1907-2012 (Speaker); Luening, Otto, 1900-1996 (Speaker); Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center; Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center Collection
Title: A commemoration of Edgard Varèse : December 15, 1965
Collection Name: Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center records
Subjects: Octets (Bassoon, clarinet, flute, horn, oboe, trombone, trumpet, double bass); Flute music; Electronic music; Live sound recordings; Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965
Format: music; sound recordings
Genre: Art music
Date: 1965
Physical Description: 1 online resource (audio file (55 min., 25 sec.))
Note (Funding): Digitization funded (in part) by a grant from the GRAMMY Museum®
Note: Digitized by Media Preserve, Cranberry Township, Pa., 2019.; Files generated from digitization of audiotape reels: Preservation Master file - Broadcast WAV (96 kHz, 24 bit); Service copy - Broadcast WAV (44.1 kHz, 16 bit); Streaming audio access is provided via encoded files created from the master archival audio files; A concert commemorating the death of Edgard Varèse on November 6, 1965; includes speeches by Jacques Barzun, Otto Luening and a pre-recorded address on the collaboration between Varèse and Le Corbusier; Duration: 55:25; For wind octet (1st work); for solo flute (2nd work); For pre-recorded tape (3rd & 4th works)
Language: No linguistic content
Contents: 1. Octandre -- 2. Remarks by Jacques Barzun and Otto Luening -- 3. Density 21.5 -- 4. Interpolations from "Deserts" -- 5. Pre-recorded speech about the collaboration between Varèse and Le Corbusier -- 6. Poème électronique
Library Location: Gabe M. Wiener Music & Arts Library, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record: 14636200
Part: Octandre; Density 21.5; Déserts. Interpolations; Poème électronique
Digital Project: Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center Collection
Persistent URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-v26s-rd72