Pierre Boulez
Notable works by Pierre Boulez.
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...explosante-fixe... () is a piece of music composed by Pierre Boulez. Initially conceived in 1971 as a memorial for Igor Stravinsky, who died in April of that year, several different versions of
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A Garland for Dr. K. is a set of eleven short compositions created in 1969 for the celebration of the eightieth birthday of Dr Alfred Kalmus, the director of the London branch of Universal Edition.
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is an incidental music composed by Pierre Boulez in October 1974 for the theatre Renaud-Barrault. Boulez scored the work for a solo voice and an instrumental ensemble. It was first performed at the
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Anthèmes are two related compositions for violin by French composer Pierre Boulez: Anthèmes I and Anthèmes II. Anthèmes I is a short piece (c. 9 minutes) for solo violin, commissioned by the 1991
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(Cummings is the Poet) is a 1970 composition for mixed choir and instrumental ensemble by Pierre Boulez, based on a poem by E. E.
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Dérive 1 (originally entitled Dérive, from the French word meaning derivative or drift) is a composition for six-part instrumental ensemble by French composer Pierre Boulez. It was composed in
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is a composition by Pierre Boulez. Written during 1961–1968, it exists in two versions, one for clarinet solo, the other for clarinet solo and six instrumental groups. Like a number of other Boulez
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is a composition for fifteen instruments by Pierre
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is a composition for orchestra by Pierre
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Figures—Doubles—Prismes is a composition for orchestra by French composer Pierre Boulez. His first purely orchestral work, it is an expansion of an earlier piece dating from 1958 titled
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Incises (1994/2001) and Sur Incises (1996/1998) are two related works of the French composer Pierre Boulez. The pitches of the row used in Incises and Sur Incises are based on the Sacher hexachord,
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Le Marteau sans maître (; The Hammer without a Master) is a chamber cantata by French composer Pierre Boulez. The work, which received its premiere in 1955, sets surrealist poetry by René Char for
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(The Sun of Waters) is a two-movement cantata for soprano, choir and orchestra by Pierre Boulez, based on two poems by René Char, and having a total duration of about nine
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Le Visage nuptial (The Nuptial Face) is a secular cantata for soprano, contralto, choir of women and orchestra by Pierre Boulez. Originally composed in 1946–47 on a poem by René Char for two voices,
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(Book for strings) is a 1968 composition for string orchestra by Pierre Boulez. It is a revised and expanded version of the first two movements of the composer's Livre pour
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(Book for quartet) is a composition for string quartet by Pierre
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Messagesquisse (Message-Sketch) is a 1976 composition for solo cello and six cellos by Pierre
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Pierre Boulez composed three piano sonatas: the First Piano Sonata in 1946, the Second Piano Sonata in 1947–48, and the Third Piano Sonata in 1955–57 with further elaborations up to at least 1963,
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Pli selon pli (Fold by fold) is a piece of classical music by the French composer Pierre Boulez. It carries the subtitle Portrait de Mallarmé (Portrait of Mallarmé). It is scored for a solo soprano
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Polyphonie X (1950–51) is a three-movement composition by Pierre Boulez for 18 instruments divided into seven groups, with a duration of roughly 15 minutes. Following the work's premiere, Boulez
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Répons is a composition by French composer Pierre Boulez for a large chamber orchestra with six percussion soloists and live electronics. The six soloists play harp, cimbalom, vibraphone,
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Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna (1974–75) is a composition for orchestra in eight groups by Pierre Boulez. Biographer Dominique Jameux wrote that the piece has "obvious audience appeal", and that it
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Structures I (1952) and Structures II (1961) are two related works for two pianos, composed by the French composer Pierre
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