# Edgard Varèse — Poème électronique

Edgard Varèse’s Poème électronique (1958) is No. 3 in our Musique Concrète ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1958
- **On one list:** Musique Concrète
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Artist:** [Edgard Varèse](https://waxonia.com/artist/edgard-varese/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/edgard-varese--poeme-electronique/

## What we say

### No. 3 in [Musique Concrète](https://waxonia.com/genre/musique-concrete/)

Written for four hundred speakers in a pavilion Le Corbusier and Xenakis designed for it. Eight minutes, heard by two million people, and almost nobody has heard it properly since.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Edgard%20Var%C3%A8se%20Po%C3%A8me%20%C3%A9lectronique) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=WQKyYmU2tPg)

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