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Ionisation: (à Nicolas Slonimsky)

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4002339


Item data

Title

Ionisation: (à Nicolas Slonimsky)

Names

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

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1931

Library Location

Music Division
Shelf locator: JOG 73-147 (Locked case)

Subjects

Percussion ensembles
Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965. Ionisation

Genres

Scores
Manuscripts

Notes

Content: Holograph in ink, with additional marks in pencil
Content: First performed in New York in March, 1933.
Content: For 13 percussion instruments and 2 sirens.
Content: Pages 4 and 8 have large extensions pasted at each end to extend score.

Physical Description

Extent: score (10 [i.e. 8 pages] on 4 sheets) ; 36 cm.

Languages

French

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG744542475-C
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b10175453
Microfilm call number: *ZBT-164, no. 32[Microfilm]
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bd582690-e9c1-013a-79dd-0242ac110003

Access

© Edgard Varèse

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

Date Issued

1931

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MLA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Ionisation: (à Nicolas Slonimsky)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1931. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bd582690-e9c1-013a-79dd-0242ac110003

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1931). Ionisation: (à Nicolas Slonimsky) Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bd582690-e9c1-013a-79dd-0242ac110003

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Ionisation: (à Nicolas Slonimsky)" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bd582690-e9c1-013a-79dd-0242ac110003

Wikipedia citation

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