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  1. People In Music History
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  3. Varese, Edgard (l883-l965)  French-born composer (pupil of d'Indy and Roussel)
  4. who settled in the United States, 1915, and cultivated music involving extremes
  5. of dissonance, unusual instrumentation, and (often) "scientific" titles, e.g.,
  6. Ionization (percussion instruments only) Density 21.5 (flute solo, referring to
  7. specific gravity of platinum), Octandre (Fr. form of Lat. Octandria, plant with
  8. 8 stamens). Was also an influential pioneer in the use of taped and electronic
  9. music.
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