Le corbusier came up with the title poeme electronique. S to follow the new modes of electroacoustic, tape music electronic. 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. Get a low price and free shipping on thousands of items. He coined the term organized sound in reference to his own musical aesthetic.
Under the direction of le corbusier, iannis xenakis concept and geometry designed the worlds fair exhibition space adhering to mathematical functions. Edgar varese poeme electronique 4d version youtube. 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. Masterpieces of 20thcentury multichannel tape music. Get the guaranteed best price on classical vinyl like the edgar varese music of edgar varese 1 at musicians friend. Varese is considered to be the father of electronic music, henry miller described him as the stratospheric colossus of sound. Poem electronique created directly on magnetic tape by the composer for the brussels worlds fair of 1958 is a tone poem of sorts using magnetic tape. Here is a brief article on our playlist example of electronic music. Poeme electronique 19578 800 in 1956 a monsieur kalff, a director of royal philips electronics, visited the worldcelebrated architect le corbusier. Varese poeme electronique download free sheet music and scores. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology.
You can recognize these things in poeme electronique, although transformed. Download citation po me lectronique by edgard var e. 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. Performed december 7, 20 by the tufts university electronic music ensemble, paul d. December 22, 1883 november 6, 1965 was a frenchborn composer who spent the greater part of his career in the united states. A true giant of early 20th century composition although largely unheralded during his own lifetime, parisian varese worked alongside debussy and rolland, satie and strauss in france before heading to the u. Vareses masterpiece, the short ionisation from 1931 dedicated to nicholas slonimsky his performance is available on symposium needs no discussion. Poeme electroniquecreated directly on magnetic tape by the composer for the bussels worlds fair, 1958digital transfer by. Choose one piece and discuss in terms of melody, harmony, texture, rhythm, and form. Listen to edgard vareses poeme electronique on cd 2, track 34, george crumbs, night of the four moons on cd 6, tracks 910, and aaron coplands fanfare for the common man on cd 6, tracks 1920 utilizing the listening guides in the text. Almost immediately the work evokes a sense of a specific closed space. Example 3 the black and blue lines in example 3 highlight the first three chords of the texture.
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. Pdf an analysis of edgard vareses poeme electronique. The philips corporation commissioned le corbusier to design the pavilion, which was intended as a showcase of their engineering progress. Edgar varese music of edgar varese 1 musicians friend. More than a quarter of a century had passed between edgard vareses experiments in the 1920s with electronic sound and his then recent composition, poeme. His concept of organized sound led to many experiments in form and texture. Philips industries commissioned le corbusier to build their pavilion for the 1958 worlds fair to be a showcase of their technology. Commissioned by southbank centre for varese 360 ether 2010, london.
Born in france in 1883, he had a turbulent relationship with the musical establishment. December 22, 1883 november 6, 1965 was a frenchborn composer who spent the. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Much needed evaluation of work pressed on vinyl for this important composer. Originally presented in 1958 at the world expo in belgium. Electronic poem is an 8minute piece of electronic music by composer edgard varese, written for the philips pavilion at the 1958 brussels worlds fair. Composition tape, such as edgard vareses poeme electronique, an 11channel tape played through 425 speakers at the 1958 brussels world fair, and. Vareses music emphasizes timbre and rhythm and he coined the term organized sound in reference to his own musical aesthetic. Despite his output of only slightly more than a dozen compositions, edgard varese is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century. Edgard varese and le corbusier poeme electronique 1958.