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Title
[Sketches for Deserts]
Additional title: Déserts (Sketches)
Names
Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965 (Composer)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1954
Library locations
Music Division
Shelf locator: JOH 73-4 (Locked case)
Topics
Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965. Déserts
Orchestral music
Musique concrète
Genres
Scores
Manuscripts
Musical sketches
Notes
Holograph sketches in pencil, and red and blue crayon.
Content: One page is for orchestra, the other for magnetic tape. A holograph description of sketch in pencil ([1] page) on the composer's stationery is laid in.
Content: First published: New York, G. Ricordi, 1957.
Content: For orchestra and magnetic tape.
Content: First performed in Paris in December 1954.
Physical Description
Extent: Score ([2] pages on [2] leaves) ; 64.5 x 29 cm.
Type of Resource
Notated music
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG744541928-C
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b10175398
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f803d170-3c9f-0138-74e3-69112483bbc7
Copyright Notice
© Edgard Varèse
Rights Statement
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1883: Creator Born
  • 1954: Issued
  • 1965: Creator Died
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "[Sketches for Deserts]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1954. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/caa5b7f0-ff1a-013a-e12f-0242ac110003

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "[Sketches for Deserts]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/caa5b7f0-ff1a-013a-e12f-0242ac110003

APA Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1954). [Sketches for Deserts] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/caa5b7f0-ff1a-013a-e12f-0242ac110003

Wikipedia Citation

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[Sketches for Deserts]