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general information

composition date: 1950-1954
revisition date: 1960
duration: 23 min
editor: Ricordi
Dedicatee: à Red Heller

type

Instrumental ensemble music (Other non-standard mixed instrumental ensemble, more than 10 musicians)

detailed formation

2 flutes (also piccolo), 2 clarinets (also bass clarinet), 2 horns, 3 trumpets [une en ré, les autres en ut], 3 trombones, bass tuba, contrabass tuba, piano, 5 percussionists

information about the creation

date: December 2, 1954
: Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, retransmission en direct sur les ondes de Paris IV, première diffusion stéréophonique en modulation de fréquence en France.
interpreters: l'Orchestre National de France, direction : Hermann Scherchen.

Information on the electronics

Electronic device: sons fixés sur support

observations

Interpolations sur bande magnétique réalisées en 1953-1954.
Seconde version des interpolations en août 1960.
Troisième version en avril 1961.
Quatrième terminée le 9 août 1961.

recordings

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complete.mp3

Composed by Edgard Varèse , concert on November 28, 1991

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complete.mp3

Composed by Edgard Varèse , concert on December 14, 2001

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complete.mp3

Composed by Edgard Varèse , concert on October 10, 1988

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complete.mp3

Composed by Edgard Varèse , concert on June 26, 1997

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