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| Edgard Varèse
(1883 - 1965)
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| 1883 |
Born in Paris, France, 22 December |
| 1903 |
Studies with d'Indy at the Schola Cantorum |
| 1905 |
Studies with Widor at the Paris Conservatoire |
| 1913 |
Returns to Paris |
| 1915 |
Emigrates to New York |
| 1921 |
He and Carlos Salzedo found the International Composers' Guild |
| 1928 |
Leaves for five-year stay in Paris |
| 1933 |
Writes to the Guggenheim Foundation and Bell Laboratories in an attempt to receive a grant to develop an electronic music studio, his proposal is rejected |
| 1955 |
His Déserts is the first piece of music transmitted in stereo on French radio |
| 1962 |
Elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the Royal Swedish Academy, and receives the Brandeis University Creative Arts Award |
| 1963 |
Receives the first Koussevitsky International Recording Award |
| 1965 |
Died 6 November |
| ~1907 |
Moved to Berlin, where he met Richard Strauss and Busoni. |
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