Poème Électronique

About Poème Électronique

Poème électronique (English Translation: "Electronic Poem") is a piece of electronic music by composer Edgard Varèse, written for the Philips Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair. The Philips corporation commissioned Le Corbusier to design the pavilion, which was intended as a showcase of their engineering progress. Corbusier came up with the title Poème électronique, saying he wanted to create a "poem in a bottle". Varèse composed the .

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About this song

Credited to

Edgard Varèse

Album

An Anthology Of Noise And Electronic Music Vol,1 · Track 4 of 18

Released

December 11, 2006

Duration

8:08

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From the album: An Anthology Of Noise And Electronic Music Vol,1