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"Synthesized Poetry" on the musical composition "Poème Électronique" by Edgar Varèse
Date Submitted: 08/11/2004 15:53:50
Title: Synthesized Poetry
Edgar Varèse's musical composition "Poème Électronique" is the first musical piece that was composed solely with synthesized sounds. This piece caused quite a disturbance upon its debut in 1948 at a multimedia exhibition in conjunction with the debut of the Phillips Pavilion The audience either disliked the piece with a passion or stood in awe of its magnificence. After a half century
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that started from Edgar Varèse's "Poème Électronique" and other pioneers like him.
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Work Cited
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Schaefer, John. New Sounds: Listener's Guide to New Music. New York: Harper & Row
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