Edgar Varese - dissertations and theses



Anderson, John Davis. "The influence of Scientific concepts on the music

and thought of Edgar Varese." MA thesis, University of Northern Colorado,

1984. 143 pp.



Bernard, J. W. "A theory of pitch and register in the music of Edgar

Varese." Ph.D. diss., Yale University, 1977. 2v. 453pp.



Block, D. R. "The Music of Edgar Varese." Ph.D. diss., University of

Washington, 1973.



Clarkson, Austin. "A comparison of methods of spatial proportions in the

music of Edgar Varese and Stefan Wolpe." York University, England, date

unavailable.



Covington, Catherine Russell. "A study of textural stratification in

twentieth century composition." Ph.D. diss., Indiana University, 1982.

150pp.



DuPree, Mary Herron. "The art music of the United States during the 1920s:

a study of the major issuesin contemporary periodical sources." Ph.D.

diss., University of Colorado, Boulder, 1980. 204pp.



James, Richard Schmidt. "Expansion of sound resources in France, 1913-1940,

and its relationship to electronic music." Ph.D. diss., University of

Michigan, 1981. 345pp.



Johnson, C. W. "A comparative study of the veiws of present reality

manifested in the art works of Fernand Leger and Edgar Varese." Ph.D.

diss., Ohio University, 1970.



Khittl, Christoph. "Edgar Varese -oder die gescheiterte Hoffnung: seine

Musik und Kunstanschauung." MA diss., Hochschule fur Musik und darstellen

de Kunst, Wein, 1982. 130pp.



Parks, A. F. "Freedom, form, and process in Varese - a Study of Varese's

musical ideas - their sources, their development, and their use in his

works." Ph.D.diss., Cornell University, 1974.



Post, Nora. "The development of contemporary oboe technique." Ph.D. diss.,

New York University, 1979?.



Ramsier, P. "An analysis and comparison of the motivic structure of

"Octandre" and "Integrales," two instrumental works by Edgar Varese."

Ph.D. diss., New York University, 1972.



Roberts, Gwynneth Margaret. "Procedures for analysis of sound masses."

Ph.D. diss., Indiana University, 1978. 237pp.



Root, D. L. "The Performance Guilds of Edgar Varese." Ph.D. diss.,

University of Illinois, 1971.



Sutter, Louis-Marc. "La polyrhythmic dans la musique de la premiere moite

du vingtieme siecle, examinee a travers les ouvres de vingt compositeurs."

Ph.D. diss., Universite de Berne, 1980. 6v.1325 pp.



Tedman, Keith. "Edgar Varese: concepts of organized sound." Ph.D. diss.,

University of Sussex, 1982. 335pp.



Yannay, Y. "Towards an open-ended method of analysis of contemporary music:

a study of selected works by Edgar Varese and Gyorgy Ligeti." Ph.D. diss.,

University of Illinois, 1974.



Young, J. "The role of parameters in Octandre by Edgar Varese."

Ph.D.diss., University of Wisconson, 1970.



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