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Edgard Varèse

Composer Varèse is widely regarded as a pioneer of electronic music, who changed the face of 20th century music in revolutionary ways.
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Composition Highlights

Title	Year	Avg. Duration	Genre
Ionisation, for 13 percussionists	1929	05:47	Chamber Music
Hyperprisme, for winds and percussion	1922	04:14	Chamber Music
Density 21.5, for flute solo	1936	04:20	Chamber Music
Octandre, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, and double bass	1923	07:00	Chamber Music
Amériques, for orchestra	1918	24:13	Orchestral
Arcana, for orchestra	1925	18:24	Orchestral
Intégrales, for 11 winds & 4 percussionists	1924	10:34	Chamber Music
Poème électronique, for tape	1957	07:44	Electronic/Computer Music
Déserts for brass, percussion, piano & tape	1950	21:14	Chamber Music Orchestral
Nocturnal, for soprano, chorus of basses & chamber orchestra (edited by Chou Wen-Chung)	1961	10:42	Vocal Music
Ecuatorial, for bass, chorus, brass, piano, organ, 2 ondes martenots & percussion	1932	11:27	Vocal Music
Offrandes, for soprano & chamber orchestra	1921	07:15	Vocal Music
Tuning Up, for orchestra (draft, realized by Chou Wen-Chung)	1947	05:00	Orchestral
Un grand sommeil noir, song for voice & orchestra	1906	04:08	Orchestral
Un grand sommeil noir, song for voice & piano	1906	02:55	Vocal Music
Dance for Burgess, for orchestra (draft, completed by Chou Wen-Chung)	1949	01:45	Orchestral
Graphs and Time, for chamber ensemble		08:35	Chamber Music

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