Edgard Varèse, French-American composer (died 1965)

Edgard Varèse

French and American composer (1883–1965)

Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse was a French and American 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…