Octandre: for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone and string bass by Edgar [Edgard] Varèse

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Title

Octandre: for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone and string bass by Edgar [Edgard] Varèse

Collection

New Music Quarterly recordings

Names

Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965 (Composer)
Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995 (Conductor)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1938 (Inferred)
Place: New York
Publisher: New Music Quarterly Recordings

Table Of Contents

[Part 1] Octandre (1923): Assez lent (0:00-2:46) / Edgard Varèse. [Part 2] Octandre (1923): Très vite et nerveux (0:00-1:58) ; Grave, à mode de Passacaille (2:00-4:23) / Edgard Varèse.

Library Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LR 245

Subjects

Octets (Bassoon, clarinet, flute, horn, oboe, trombone, trumpet, double bass)

Genres

Music

Notes

Content: New Music Quarterly Recordings; NMQR 14, NMQR 15 [original catalog numbers: 1411 A, 1411 B]; matrix nos.: NMQ 14, NMQ 15.
Content: Title from disc labels.
Content: "New Music Quarterly Recording ... distributed by Bennington College Cooperative Store"--From original disc labels (copy 1-2).
Content: Nicolas Slonimsky, conductor ; [with unidentified flutist, clarinetist, oboist, bassoonist, horn player, trumpeter, trombonist and double bass player]
Performers: Recorded Musicraft Records, New York, New York [1938] (original recording) [1938] (issue date)

Physical Description

Extent: 2 audio discs (7 min., 9 sec.) : analog, 78 rpm, shellac, mono ; 12 in.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 949906780
Publisher-assigned music number: NMQ 14 New Music Quarterly Recordings
Publisher-assigned music number: NMQ 15 New Music Quarterly Recordings
Publisher-assigned music number: NMQR 14 New Music Quarterly Recordings
Publisher-assigned music number: NMQR 15 New Music Quarterly Recordings
Publisher-assigned music number: 1411 A New Music Quarterly Recordings
Publisher-assigned music number: 1411 B New Music Quarterly Recordings
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20962301
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bbbbe960-3041-0136-22a8-235cf0591cf1

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Sound Recording

Date Issued

1938

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MLA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Octandre: for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone and string bass by Edgar [Edgard] Varèse" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1938. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bbbbe960-3041-0136-22a8-235cf0591cf1

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1938). Octandre: for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone and string bass by Edgar [Edgard] Varèse Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bbbbe960-3041-0136-22a8-235cf0591cf1

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Octandre: for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone and string bass by Edgar [Edgard] Varèse" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bbbbe960-3041-0136-22a8-235cf0591cf1

Wikipedia citation

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