Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse (December 22, 1883 – November 6, 1965) was an innovative French-born composer who spent the greater part of his career in the United States. After he arrived in the U.S.A. he commonly used the form 'Edgar' for his first name but reverted to 'Edgard', not entirely consistently, from the 1940s. Varèse's music features an emphasis on timbre and rhythm. He was the inventor of the term "organized sound", a phrase meaning that certain timbres and rhythms can be grouped together, sublimating into a whole new definition of sound. 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".
Biography
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Albums releases
| Release title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Boulez conducts Varèse: Amériques / Arcana / Déserts / Ionisation (Chicago Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Pierre Boulez) | 2001 |
| The Complete Works (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra feat. conductor: Riccardo Chailly) | 1998 |
| L'Oeuvre de Edgar Varèse, Volume 2: 1925-1961 (Orchestre National de France feat. soprano: Phyllis Bryn-Julson, bass-baritone: Nicholas Isherwood, flute: Phillipe Pierlot, conductor: Kent Nagano) | 1996 |
| Music of Edgar Varèse | 1996 |
| L'Oeuvre de Edgar Varèse, Volume 1: 1920-1927 (Orchestre National de France feat. soprano: Phyllis Bryn-Julson. conductor: Kent Nagano) | 1993 |
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