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Varèse is also well known as a pioneer in ElectronicMusic, using electronic mediums for sound production, though not to actually generate sounds -- his work of this type is more correctly considered ''musique concrete''. He was naturalized as an American citizen in 1927. His existing oeuvre is short, consisting of approximately three hours worth of music in total, though almost all of his earlier work was destroyed in a fire. A complete list follows:

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Varèse is also well known as a pioneer in ElectronicMusic, using electronic mediums for sound production, though not to actually generate sounds -- his work of this type is more correctly considered ''musique concrete''.concrète''. He was naturalized as an American citizen in 1927. His existing oeuvre is short, consisting of approximately three hours worth of music in total, though almost all of his earlier work was destroyed in a fire. A complete list follows:



* ElectronicMusic: Varèse was one of the early composers to experiment with electronica. One of his pieces is even named ''[[Music/PoemeElectronique Poème Electronique]]''. These works, as well as ''Music/LaProcessionDeVerges'' and the tape music portion of ''[[Music/{{Deserts}} Déserts]]'' are correctly considered examples of ''musique concrete'' because they do not employ sounds generated from an electronic source.

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* ElectronicMusic: Varèse was one of the early composers to experiment with electronica. One of his pieces is even named ''[[Music/PoemeElectronique Poème Electronique]]''. These works, as well as ''Music/LaProcessionDeVerges'' and the tape music portion of ''[[Music/{{Deserts}} Déserts]]'' are correctly considered examples of ''musique concrete'' concrète'' because they do not employ sounds generated from an electronic source.



* SpiritualSuccessor: Several composers, most prominently Music/MiltonBabbitt, Music/PierreBoulez, Music/JohnCage, Music/MarioDavidovsky, Music/OlivierMessiaen, Music/KrzystztofPenderecki, Music/KarlheinzStockhausen, Music/FrankZappa, and Music/JohnZorn. Most any composer who produced electronic music or ''musique concrete'' is heavily indebted to his work.

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* SpiritualSuccessor: Several composers, most prominently Music/MiltonBabbitt, Music/PierreBoulez, Music/JohnCage, Music/MarioDavidovsky, Music/OlivierMessiaen, Music/KrzystztofPenderecki, Music/KarlheinzStockhausen, Music/FrankZappa, and Music/JohnZorn. Most any composer who produced electronic music or ''musique concrete'' concrète'' is heavily indebted to his work.
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