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Edgard Varèse

1883 - 1965

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Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse (French: [ɛdɡaʁ viktɔʁ aʃil ʃaʁl vaʁɛz]; also spelled Edgar; December 22, 1883 – November 6, 1965) was a French composer who spent the greater part of his career in the United States. Varèse's music emphasizes timbre and rhythm; he coined the term "organized sound" in reference to his own musical aesthetic. Varèse's conception of music reflected his vision of "sound as living matter" and of "musical space as open rather than bounded". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edgard Varèse has received more than 901,966 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Edgard Varèse is the 522nd most popular composer (down from 357th in 2019), the 2,133rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,491st in 2019) and the 76th most popular French Composer.

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  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Edgard Varèse ranks 522 out of 1,216. Before him are Hans Swarowsky, Bronius Kutavičius, Manuel Ponce, Ferenc Erkel, Hervé, and Gennady Rozhdestvensky. After him are Gershon Kingsley, Jean Françaix, Alexandre Guilmant, Johann Georg Pisendel, Eleni Karaindrou, and Riz Ortolani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Edgard Varèse ranks 83. Before him are Yan Xishan, Augustinas Voldemaras, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, Walter Buch, Walter Huston, and Henk Sneevliet. After him are Dmitry Manuilsky, Sam Wood, Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Katia Mann, Bertram Ramsay, and Edwin Sutherland. Among people deceased in 1965, Edgard Varèse ranks 59. Before him are Oskar R. Lange, Sydney Chaplin, Humberto Delgado, Ladislas Starevich, George Adamski, and Carl Oberg. After him are Shirley Jackson, William M. Branham, William Heard Kilpatrick, Taimur bin Feisal, Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern, and Leopold Figl.

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In France

Among people born in France, Edgard Varèse ranks 2,133 out of 6,011. Before him are Philippe Quinault (1635), Hervé (1825), Jean Delannoy (1908), Leslie Caron (1931), Marie Elisabeth of France (1572), and Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605). After him are Philippe Garrel (1948), Guibert of Nogent (1055), Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy (1755), Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725), Roger Peyrefitte (1907), and Jacques Audiard (1952).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Edgard Varèse ranks 76. Before him are Franck Pourcel (1913), Henri Duparc (1848), Ferdinand Hérold (1791), Antoine Busnois (1430), Théodore Dubois (1837), and Hervé (1825). After him are Jean Françaix (1912), Alexandre Guilmant (1837), Gabriel Pierné (1863), Louis Couperin (1626), Pierre Henry (1927), and François Devienne (1759).

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