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''[[Poème Eléctronique]]'' is a piece of purely electronic work by composer Edgard Varese,<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> which Delia heard played on four hundred speakers, at its 1958 world première at the World Fair (a.k.a "Expo '58") in Brussels.<ref>Personal communication from Jonathan Harvey's daughter, May 2017.</ref>
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''[[Poème Eléctronique]]'' is a purely electronic work by [[Edgard Varese]],<ref name=furious>[http://www.furious.com/perfect/ohm/varese.html Professor Chou Wen-chung on Edgard Varese's "Poem Electronique"] on furious.com</ref> which Delia heard in the company of [[Jonathan Harvey]] at its 1958 world première at [[Expo 58]] in Brussels,<ref>Personal communication from Jonathan Harvey's daughter, May 2017.</ref> played on 425 loudspeakers set into the walls of the Philips Pavilion.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_58 Expo 58 on wikipedia.org]</ref>
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=Availability=
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* On youtube:
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** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-R3F3ZVbi8 Poème électronique. Edgar Varèse]
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** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YlBmx3VulY Edgard Varêse and Le Corbusier - Poême électronique (1958)]
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=External Links=
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* [http://bibliolmc.uniroma3.it/node/1255 ''Poème Eléctronique'' at the University of Rome]
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poème_électronique ''Poème Eléctronique'' on wikipedia]
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* [http://www.cirma.unito.it/vep/aural_render.html Vincenzo Lombardo's 2009 reconstruction of the Poème Eléctronique's spatialization]. It's binaural, so must be listened to on headphones.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 20:26, 18 March 2020

Poeme Electronique score
Poeme Electronique spatialization scheme

Poème Eléctronique is a purely electronic work by Edgard Varese,[1] which Delia heard in the company of Jonathan Harvey at its 1958 world première at Expo 58 in Brussels,[2] played on 425 loudspeakers set into the walls of the Philips Pavilion.[3]

Availability

External Links

References

  1. Professor Chou Wen-chung on Edgard Varese's "Poem Electronique" on furious.com
  2. Personal communication from Jonathan Harvey's daughter, May 2017.
  3. Expo 58 on wikipedia.org