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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-rey-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-reyz, -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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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

Varese put it this way: Before the piano, there may have been many potential Mozarts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 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

Varèse, a native Frenchman, spent the last 50 years of his life in America, and his influence here made him a natural for this Focus.

From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 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

“My introduction to the use of electronics outside of dance or pop music came with the Miles Davis of ‘Bitches Brew’ and later when I started getting into Edgard Varèse and Karlheinz Stockhausen.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2017

Morris, for his part, doesn’t see this lineup as a diversion for an eclectic festival that has long made room for jazz, including a 1962 performance of Edgard Varèse by the great Eric Dolphy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2017