Sounds and the city: how Manhattan made the music of Edgard Varèse

With sirens and whistles, Varèse brought the noises of 1920s New York into the concert halls at a time when writers were transporting their readers to the streetsThe three figures in the late-night diner of Edward Hopper’s quintessential New York painting Nighthawks tell us about the loneliness … Read entire story.

Source: Music | The Guardian