a stereo version still exists but the original, 450 speaker version is
sadly gone forever. they tore down the pavilion after the expo... it
still sounds pretty fucking weird after all this time, which is quite an
accomplishment if you ask me. definitely worth hearing if you haven't...
j
On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, IDM Warp Zone wrote:
quoted 30 lines Poeme Electronique (1958)
> Poeme Electronique (1958)
>
> Produced for the Philips Radio Corporation pavilion at
> the Brussels Exposition.
>
> Played through 450 speakers. It was 480 seconds long.
> Projected images such as photographs, paintings,
> montages, printed and written scripts accompanied the
> music , a true multi-media event.
>
> Varese rejected the term music concrete as a
> description of the work. it was a montage of both
> found sounds and synthetic creation. It was referred
> to as 'Organized Sound'.
>
> This is the 5th Symphony of electronic music. The
> defining work that caught the attention of the world
> and propelled future composers to take electronic
> music as a bona-fide form of music.
>
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