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• Varese
  Varese

  noun

  a city in N Italy, NW of Milan.
• Varèse
  Varèse

  noun

  Edgard 1885–1965, U.S. composer, born in France.

Varese

¹ American  

[vah-re-ze, vuh-ray-zee, -see] / vɑˈrɛ zɛ, vəˈreɪ zi, -si /

noun

1. a city in N Italy, NW of Milan.

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Varèse ² American  

[vuh-rayz, -rez, va-rez] / vəˈreɪz, -ˈrɛz, vaˈrɛz /

noun

1. Edgard 1885–1965, U.S. composer, born in France.

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Varese ¹ British  

/ vaˈreːse /

noun

1. a historic city in N Italy, in Lombardy near Lake Varese: manufacturing centre, esp for leather goods. Pop: 80 511 (2001)

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Varèse ² British  

/ væˈrɛz /

noun

1. Edgar ( d ) (ɛdɡar). 1883–1965, US composer, born in France. His works, which combine extreme dissonance with complex rhythms and the use of electronic techniques, include Ionisation (1931) and Poème électronique (1958)

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Varese Varèse

Alessandro Varese, who owns the iconic Blue Lagoon chip shop on Gordon Street and neighbouring Sexy Coffee, said both were "completely destroyed".

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026

The show, which is deftly curated by Federico Varese and Jessica Douthwaite, brings together an array of personal possessions, alongside annotated manuscripts, field notes, family photographs, school reports, sketches and correspondence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026

He lives in Varese, Italy, north of Milan.

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2024

More than 200 firefighters responded to emergencies in the regional capital of Milan, Varese, near the Malpensa airport, Lecco, near Lake Como, Sondrio, located in the Alps, and Bergamo.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2023

He came to this country when he was twelve, from the town of Gallarate, province of Varese, in northern Italy.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

Later enlarged, it became the Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble and Chamber Players and promoted a wide range of new and recent percussion music by Edgard Varèse, John Cage, Lou Harrison, Cowell, Kraft and many others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2022

“The Rite of Spring,” “The Planets,” pieces by Varèse and, of course, “Star Wars” had one thing in mind: to dazzle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2020

When you start talking to her, she tells you about when Varèse came to dinner, and when she sang the Verdi Requiem conducted by Toscanini.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2020

Mr. Maister’s early work with the ensemble focused on stagings of complex works by composers like Edgard Varèse, Gyorgy Ligeti and Conlon Nancarrow.

From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2017

The canvas for “Tuning Up!” — which takes its title from an amusing, iconoclastic piece by French-American composer Edgar Varèse — is nothing if not open.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 16, 2016

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