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From 17-19th October 1958,<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_58 Expo 58] on wikipedia.org</ref> Delia went with [[Jonathan Harvey]] to [[Expo 58]], ''l'Exposition Internationale et Universelle'',<ref>Legend to [http://www.lucianoberio.org/node/37730 the Expo 58 group photo].</ref> in Brussels, where they heard the world première of Varese's "''[[Poème Eléctronique]]''"<ref>Personal communication from Jonathan Harvey's daughter, May 2017.</ref> at its world première, performed on 425 speakers.<ref name=furious>[http://www.furious.com/perfect/ohm/varese.html Professor Chou Wen-chung, musical executor of the Varese estate, on Edgard Varese's "Poem Electronique"] on furious.com</ref>
 
From 17-19th October 1958,<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_58 Expo 58] on wikipedia.org</ref> Delia went with [[Jonathan Harvey]] to [[Expo 58]], ''l'Exposition Internationale et Universelle'',<ref>Legend to [http://www.lucianoberio.org/node/37730 the Expo 58 group photo].</ref> in Brussels, where they heard the world première of Varese's "''[[Poème Eléctronique]]''"<ref>Personal communication from Jonathan Harvey's daughter, May 2017.</ref> at its world première, performed on 425 speakers.<ref name=furious>[http://www.furious.com/perfect/ohm/varese.html Professor Chou Wen-chung, musical executor of the Varese estate, on Edgard Varese's "Poem Electronique"] on furious.com</ref>
  
{{Thumb|Group photo of electronic composers at Expo 58|Group photo of electronic musicians at Expo 58. From left to right, first row: Mauricio Kagel, Earl Brown, Luciano Berio, Karlheinz Stockhausen; second row: Henk Badings, André Boucourechliev, Bruno Maderna, Henri Pousseur, Marina Scriabine, Luc Ferrari, Pierre Schaeffer; Lying down: John Cage.}}
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{{Thumb|Group photo of electronic composers at Expo 58|Group photo of electronic musicians at Expo 58. From left to right, first row: Mauricio Kagel, Earl Brown, Luciano Berio, Karlheinz Stockhausen; second row: [[Henk Badings]], André Boucourechliev, Bruno Maderna, Henri Pousseur, Marina Scriabine, Luc Ferrari, Pierre Schaeffer; Lying down: John Cage.}}
[[Tristam Cary]] and [[Daphne Oram]] were also there, though presumably she didn't know them at that point, as were most of the electronic musical luminaries of the time.
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[[Tristam Cary]] and [[Daphne Oram]] were also there, though presumably she didn't know them at that point, as were most of the electronic musical luminaries of the time.<ref>[[These Hopeful Machines]], at 6:05.</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 16:08, 18 March 2020

The Philips Pavilion at Expo 58

From 17-19th October 1958,[1] Delia went with Jonathan Harvey to Expo 58, l'Exposition Internationale et Universelle,[2] in Brussels, where they heard the world première of Varese's "Poème Eléctronique"[3] at its world première, performed on 425 speakers.[4]

Group photo of electronic musicians at Expo 58. From left to right, first row: Mauricio Kagel, Earl Brown, Luciano Berio, Karlheinz Stockhausen; second row: Henk Badings, André Boucourechliev, Bruno Maderna, Henri Pousseur, Marina Scriabine, Luc Ferrari, Pierre Schaeffer; Lying down: John Cage.

Tristam Cary and Daphne Oram were also there, though presumably she didn't know them at that point, as were most of the electronic musical luminaries of the time.[5]

References

  1. Expo 58 on wikipedia.org
  2. Legend to the Expo 58 group photo.
  3. Personal communication from Jonathan Harvey's daughter, May 2017.
  4. Professor Chou Wen-chung, musical executor of the Varese estate, on Edgard Varese's "Poem Electronique" on furious.com
  5. These Hopeful Machines, at 6:05.