Ionisation: (à Nicolas Slonimsky)
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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
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
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
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© Edgard Varèse
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Date Issued
1931
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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
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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
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