a historic city in N Italy, in Lombardy near Lake Varese: manufacturing centre, esp for leather goods. Pop: 80 511 (2001)
Varèse in British English
(væˈrɛz)
noun
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)
Varèse in American English
(vəˈreɪz; vəˈrɛz; French vaˈʀɛz)
Edˈgard (ˈɛdgɑr) ; French ɛdˈgɑʀ) (born Edgar Victor Achille Charles Varèse) 1883-1965; U.S. composer, born in France