Report on Music: Eric Salzman discusses Varèse

Analog Audio

Event Type

Documentaries

Origin

WBAI

Identifier

C.1962.11.01

Program Length

76 min

Dates

1971-10-09 | broadcast
| 1962-11-01 | created

Description

From a recording made in 1962, composer and music critic Eric Salzman provides an overview of several seminal works by Edgard Varèse as well as discussing the impact Varèse has had on contemporary music.

Genres

New music
Avant-garde

Musical Selections

Arcana (1925-27) / Edgard Varèse -- Offrandes (1921) / Edgard Varèse -- Déserts (1950-54) / Edgard Varèse

Performers

Columbia Symphony Orchestra (Arcana, Offrandes)
Robert Craft, conductor (Arcana, Offrandes, Déserts )
Donna Precht, soprano (Offrandes)

Subjects

New music
Avant-garde (Music)
Orchestral music
Instrumental ensembles
Electro-acoustic
Electronic music
Musique concrète
Music, concrete

Related places

New York (N.Y.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965
Salzman, Eric
Craft, Robert
Precht, Donna