Sketch for Deserts

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58516065

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Title

Sketch for Deserts

Names

Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965 (Composer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1954

Library Location

Music Division
Shelf locator: JOH 73-3 (Locked case)

Subjects

Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965. Déserts
Orchestral music
Musique concrète

Genres

Scores
Manuscripts
Musical Sketches

Notes

Content: Holograph in ink and pencil, and red ink.
Content: Sketch for the electronic score on 8 large graphs.
Content: First published: New York, G. Ricordi, 1957.
Content: First performed in Paris in December 1954.

Physical Description

Extent: score ([1] page)

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG744541930-C
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10175399
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1cab03c0-3ca0-0138-9d42-07ac4ab53c49

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

Date Issued

1954

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MLA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Sketch for Deserts" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1954. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1cab03c0-3ca0-0138-9d42-07ac4ab53c49

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1954). Sketch for Deserts Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1cab03c0-3ca0-0138-9d42-07ac4ab53c49

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Sketch for Deserts" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1cab03c0-3ca0-0138-9d42-07ac4ab53c49

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