BBC Music Profiles: Edgard Varèse
Summary biography, recommended listening and reading, audio clips in RAM format, photo, and links.
Composer Biography: Varese, Edgard
Listing with the San Francisco Symphony includes photograph and list of works.
Edgar Varese
Listing at PlanetZappa provides biography, photograph, and background on Frank Zappa's recording of The Rage and The Fury.
Edgar Varèse
Biographical entry from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music with photograph and links to related composers at the Classical Music Pages.
Edgard Varèse (1883-1965)
Entry from the Electro-acoustic Music pages of the University of Illinois' Computer-Assisted Music Instruction Lab. Focuses on his electronic compositions.
Edgard Varèse (1883-1965)
Brief biographical sketch, comments on works, and Naxos discography.
Edgard Varèse and Electronic Instruments
Details much of his pioneering work in the field with special emphasis on the theramin-cello. Includes photo and links.
Edgard Varese: Father of Electronic Music
Detailed exploration of his lead in the new medium and the wait for technology to catch up. Includes introductions to works, comments by Frank Zappa, and photographs.
IMDb: Edgard Varèse
Filmography at IMDb with brief family background.
The Organized Sound of Edgard Varèse
Key works, suggested reading, timeline, recommended reading, photograph, and quotes from Humanities Web.
The Rage and The Fury: The Music of Edgard Varese
Notes on Frank Zappa's 1993 recording with Peter Eötvos and members of The Ensemble Modern. Includes audio samples in WAV, AIFF, and AU formats.
Varèse and Density 21.5
Abstract from the ezine Mikropolyphonie by Mauricio Freire Garcia details the origins and structure of the piece with charts, graphs, and spectrographic analyses. Includes notes and bibliography.