作品 Made of Organised Sounds

Edgard Varèse 1883-1965 grew up just as 声音 录音 became 流行 and common He 识别 the new 可能性 that 录音 gave and he too repeatedly called for the 发展 of new 音乐 乐器 which would allow him to 创作 the new 音乐 of his imagination

Unfortunately 技术 was very slow to catch up with his 深入 观念 it was 不 until the 1950′s that he was able to properly experiment with 录音 技术 to 创作 音乐 作品 BUT 不 one to be defeated he set about 创作 管弦乐 作品 that explored new 声音 质地（纹理、织体） and brought new 声音 制作 设备 such as a fire engine siren into the concert hall alongside the 传统 乐器


电离 提取

聆听 to this 提取 taken from one of Varèse's 管弦乐 作品 in which he got the 音乐家 to 表演 new 工业 种类 声音


Varèse 描述 himself as “a worker in 节奏 频率 and intensities” and preferred to 使用 the 术语 ‘Organised Sound’ to 描述 音乐

“[T]o stubbornly conditioned 耳 anything new in 音乐 has always been called 噪音 But after all what is 音乐 but organised [sounds]? And a 作曲家 like all 艺术家 is an organiser of [separate] 元素 ”

When he was able to get his hands on 录音 技术 Varèse 创作 one of the most famous of early 电子声学 作品 Poème Électronique [Electronic Poem]