In february 2007, jochen lange was able to track down dave hewson through emi he was searching for the lost poeme electronique. Almost immediately the work evokes a sense of a specific closed space. See more ideas about john cage, cage and graphic score. Edgard vareses poem electronique, premiered at the worlds fair 1958 comments from professor chou wenchung composer, literary and musical executor of the varese estate april 2000. Electronic poem is an 8minute piece of electronic music by composer edgard varese. Poeme electronique is an electronic music composition written when varese was seventy five years of age and represents the culmination of. Using varese, edgard vareses poeme electronique was recre ated within a simulated. Ionisation varese began ionisation in 1929 and completed it in 1931. You can recognize these things in poeme electronique, although transformed. This composition is an 8minute piece of electronic music that was written for the philips pavilion designed by le corbusier at the 1958 brussels worlds fair. When philips philips electronic company approached le corbusier to design a building for the fair, le corbusier said, i will not make a pavilion for you. Poeme electronique is an electronic music composition written when varese was seventy five years of age and represents the culmination of his lifes quest for different sonorities.
Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Poeme electronique 19578 800 in 1956 a monsieur kalff, a director of royal philips electronics, visited the worldcelebrated architect le corbusier. The website looks a bit out of date but the first of two films in this post shows the results of the work. Eindhoven, the netherlands, for the philips pavillion at the brussels worlds fair, mayoctober 1958. I was exhausted by the end of each night because varese really did compress a lot into each piece. Virtual electronic poem vep is a project realized as a virtual reality vr environment that reproduces the experience of the dismantled masterpiece through an accurate philological reconstruction of the original installation. Electronic poem is an 8minute piece of electronic music by composer edgard varese, written for the philips pavilion at the 1958 brussels worlds fair.
Evidence from the vep project richard dobson, john ffitch, kees tazelaar department of computer science, university of bath abstract the poeme electronique in the philips pavilion at the world fair of brussels 1958 was a unique experience, the very first multimedia project to involve a sense of. Now listen to each work a second time through again with the score. And while he doesnt have many string parts, he is very fond of brass, percussion, and sirens. Program notes by phillip huscher edgard varese born december 22, 1883, paris, france. He not only found that the whole band were still around, but that all of the material from the 80s still existed. Pdf an analysis of edgard vareses poeme electronique. Poeme electronique, vareses last completed work, was created at the philips laboratories, eindhoven, the netherlands, for the philips pavillion at the brussels. Title ionisation, for percussion ensemble of players, n. The philips corporation commissioned le corbusier to design the pavilion, which was intended as a showcase of their engineering progress.
Which of the following compositions is not by edgard varese. Varese poeme electronique download free sheet music and scores. The technique was developed about 1948 by the french composer pierre schaeffer and his associates at the studio dessai experimental studio of the french radio system. Reconstruction of the poeme electronique laura bianchini, laura. Few scholars have explored this episode, a lacuna that speaks to a wider, racially inflected rift in historiographies of jazz and nonjazz musical avantgardes. Le corbusier came up with the title poeme electronique. Varese, and the stunning surfaces of the building designed by yannis xenakis. He had come to ask le corbusier if he would be willing to design and create the philips pavilion for the worlds fair that was to be held in brussels in 1958. Virtual electronic poem interactive architecture lab. Composition tape, such as edgard vareses poeme electronique, an 11channel tape played through 425 speakers at the 1958 brussels world fair, and. Varese is considered to be the father of electronic music, henry miller described him as the stratospheric colossus of sound.
Masterpieces of 20thcentury multichannel tape music. The line from him to messiaen, xenakis, and stockhausen, as well as the early electronic composers, is pretty evident. Here is a brief article on our playlist example of electronic music. Under the direction of le corbusier, iannis xenakis concept and geometry designed the worlds fair exhibition space adhering to mathematical functions. It was a huge project for those who are into art and technology. Explore releases from poeme electronique at discogs. Performed december 7, 20 by the tufts university electronic music ensemble, paul d. Poeme electronique, vareses last completed work, was created at the philips laboratories. The result was the very first multimedia project to involve a sense of total. Poeme electronique was written by edgard varese for the philips pavilion for the 1958 brussels world fair. Commissioned by southbank centre for varese 360 ether 2010, london. Pdf scanned by daphnis daphnis 201611 editor revised version pub lisher.
He coined the term organized sound in reference to his own musical aesthetic. Vareses poeme electronique is included, primarily to outline ways that the composition expresses itself in space. According to the full score above, the bass clarinet as specified in the roster would most likely have to play on the contrabass clarinet because of the composer wanting the instrument to sound a ninth lower. This spectacle of film, light, and sound was created for the brusselss worlds fair of 1958, taking place in the philips pavilion images 12, at right. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from poeme electronique at the discogs marketplace. The piece which lasts for eight minutes was performed using electronic music. Publication for the dutch pavillion on the universal exhibition in brussels 1958.
The simulative methodology is a computerbased approach that organizes and delivers the aural and visual elements of a performance according to the temporal sequence defined by a control score. The poeme electronique has been a unique experience, originated from the request. In the poeme electronique 1958, written for the philips pavilion at the brussels worlds fair, the sound was intended to be distributed by 425 loudspeakers read more. Le corbusier entrusted the sound component to varese. Edgard varese biography facts, childhood, family life. The virtual electronic poem project vincenzo lombardo. Make sure you understand how each works differently.