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This flashcard covers "Poème Électronique" by Edgard Varèse, an avant-garde electronic composition from Belgium. It blends bells with electronic and pre-recorded sounds, showcasing pioneering work in electronic music.

Bells and then electronic sounds

Edgard Varese, poeme electronique

electronic poem

electronic composition

electronic sounds, pre-recorded sounds

Belgium, Europe

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Bells and then electronic sounds

Edgard Varese, poeme electronique

electronic poem

elec...

Sacred choral music, man and woman

Guillaume Dufay, Nuper rosarum flores

Recently garlands of roses

soft symphony, light garden music

Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 94 (“Surprise”), movement 2
symphony
flutes, oboes, bassoons, horns, trumpets, timpani, violin, viola, cello, bass...

intense orchestral music opening

Richard Wagner, Prelude to Act 1, from Parsifal
opera overture
flutes, oboes, English horn, clarinets, bass clarinet, bassoons, contrabassoon...

clanging cymbals and biphonic singing

Melody for Mahakala
dbyang
voices, drum, cymbals, rag-dung
Tibet, Asia

eh oba lube

Chango
toque
voices, iya, itotele, okonkolo, atchere
Cuba, North America

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Bells and then electronic sounds

Edgard Varese, poeme electronique

electronic poem

electronic composition

electronic sounds, pre-recorded sounds

Belgium, Europe

Sacred choral music, man and woman

Guillaume Dufay, Nuper rosarum flores

Recently garlands of roses

motet

voices

Florence, Europe

soft symphony, light garden music

Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 94 (“Surprise”), movement 2
symphony
flutes, oboes, bassoons, horns, trumpets, timpani, violin, viola, cello, bass
England, Europe

intense orchestral music opening

Richard Wagner, Prelude to Act 1, from Parsifal
opera overture
flutes, oboes, English horn, clarinets, bass clarinet, bassoons, contrabassoon, horns, trumpet, tenor trombones, bass trombones, timpani, violin, viola, cello, bass
Germany, Europe

clanging cymbals and biphonic singing

Melody for Mahakala
dbyang
voices, drum, cymbals, rag-dung
Tibet, Asia

eh oba lube

Chango
toque
voices, iya, itotele, okonkolo, atchere
Cuba, North America

collective moaning with bells

Excerpt from Ethiopian Christmas ritual
zema
voices, sistra, kebaro
Ethiopia, Africa

solo male singer, very loud and abrasive

Yome Fesseha kone

"There is Joy Today"

qum zema (angregari)

voice (Liqa Berhanu)

Ethiopia, Africa

solo male singer, soft

Yome fesseha kone

"There is Joy Today"

qum zema (angregari)

voice (Father Tsehai)

Ethiopian diaspora, North America

can you try it, singing with class

Yome fesseha kone

"There is Joy Today"

qum zema (angregari)

voices (Father Tsehai and Harvard class)

Ethiopian diaspora, north America

women cheering and singing with drums

Kasamay Waradat

"He Descended from Heaven"

Sunday School song

voices, kebaro

Ethiopian diaspora, North America