"Synthesized Poetry" on the musical composition "Poème Électronique" by Edgar Varèse

Title: Synthesized Poetry Edgar Varèse's musical composition "Poème Électronique" is the first musical piece that was composed solely with synthesized sounds. This piece caused quite a disturbance upon its debut in 1948 at a multimedia exhibition in conjunction with the debut of the Phillips Pavilion The audience either disliked the piece with a passion or stood in awe of its magnificence. After a half century …

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