Codice albumGBB-F-004704

Image IDGBB-F-004704-0000

1914 ca, FRANCE : The french music composer EDGARD VARESE (1883 - 1965), born in Paris from italian father and french mother, from in 1893 the young Edgard was forced to relocate with them to Turin, Italy. It was here that he had his first real musical lessons, with the long-time director of Turin's conservatory, Giovanni Bolzoni. In 1895 he composed his first opera, Martin Pas, which has since been lost. Now in his teen years, Edgard, influenced by his father, an engineer, enrolled at the Polytechnic of Turin and started studying engineering, as his father disapproved of his interest in music, and demanded an absolute dedication to engineering studies. This conflict grew bigger and bigger, especially after the death of his mother in 1900, until in 1903 Varèse left home for Pari s. Spent the greater part of his career in the United States. Varèse saw potential in using electronic mediums for sound production, and his use of new instruments and electronic resources led to his being known as the " Father of Electronic Music " while Henry Miller described him as " The stratospheric Colossus of Sound ". In 1918 Varèse made his debut in America conducting the " Grande messe des morts " by Hector Berlioz. In New York he met Léon Theremin and other composers exploring the boundaries of electronic music.

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