composers works

Boulez, Pierre

Orchestral and large ensemble

Symphonie concertante, pf, orch, 1947, lost 1954
Doubles, orch, 1957-8; extended as Figures-Doubles-Prismes, orch, 1963; further extended, 1968
Poésie pour pouvoir (H. Michaux), 5-track tape, 3 orch groups, 1958
Livre pour cordes, Ia, Ib, str, 1968; Ia
Rituel: in memoriam Bruno Maderna, orch, 1974-5 [related to '…explosante-fixe…']
Notations, 1978- [developed from pf pieces]; I-IV, Paris Orch, cond. Barenboim, Paris, 18 June 1980; VII, Chicago SO, cond. Barenboim, Chicago, 14 Jan 1999,
Notations, 11 nos., 1946, [arr. of pf pieces]
Polyphonie X, 18 insts, 1950-51, withdrawn
Domaines, cl, 21 insts in 6 groups, 1961-8; unpubd except for cl pt performable as cl solo
Eclat, 9 perc, 6 insts, 1965 [related to original Don and Strophes]; extended as Eclat/Multiples, 9 perc, orch, 1970, inc.

Vocal-orchestral

Le soleil des eaux (R. Char), S, T, B, chbr orch, 1950 [after incid music], unpubd; rev. S, T, B, STB, orch, 1958; rev. S, SATB, orch, 1965
Le visage nuptial (Char), S, A, female chorus, orch, 1951-2 [after chbr work]; rev. 1986-9
Pli selon pli (S. Mallarmé), S, orch, 1957-62:
- 1- Don, S, pf, 1960; new version, S, orch, 1960-62; rev. 1989-90
- 2- Improvisation sur Mallarmé I: Le vierge, le vivace et le bel aujourd'hui, S, hp, tubular bells, vib, 4 perc, 1957; arr. S, orch, 1962
- 3- Improvisation sur Mallarmé II: Une dentelle s'abolit, S, cel, hp, pf, tubular bells, vib, 4 perc, 1957
- 4- Improvisation sur Mallarmé III: A la nue accablante tu, S, orch, 1959; rev. 1983-4
- 5- Tombeau: S, orch, 1959; rev. versio
Cummings ist der Dichter, 16 solo vv/mixed chorus, chbr orch, 1970; rev. 1986

Vocal music

Le visage nuptial (Char), S, A, 2 ondes martenot, pf, perc, 1946 [2 movts]
Oubli signal lapidé (A. Gatti), 12 solo vv, 1952; material used in Cummings ist der Dichter
Le marteau sans maître (Char), A, a fl, gui, vib, xylorimba, perc, va, 1953-5

Chamber music

Quartet, 4 ondes martenot, 1945-6; unpubd
Sonatina, fl, pf, 1946; private perf
3 essais, perc, 1950, unpubd
Livre pour quatuor, str qt, 1948-9: Ia, Ib, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV (unpubd), V, VI
Pour le Dr Kalmus, fl, cl, va, vc, pf, 1969, unpubd
'…explosante-fixe…', version for fl, cl, tpt; version for fl, cl, tpt, hp, vib, vn, va, vc, elecs; rev., 1973; rev., 1974
Messagesquisse, solo vc, 6 vc, 1976
Dérive I, fl, cl, pf, vib, vn, vc, 1984; related to Répons
Mémoriale, fl, 8 insts, 1985 [after fl pt of 1972-4 '…explosante-fixe…']; rev. in 1991-3 version of '…explosante-fixe…'
Initiale, brass, 1987; extended, 1992; both versions unpubd
Dérive II, 11 insts, 1988-93; rev. version, 1993
sur Incises, solo pf, 2 pf, 3 hp, 2 vib, mar, 1995-8 [after pf work Incises]; extended, 1998

Solo instrumental

Prelude, Toccata and Scherzo, pf, 1944-5, unpubd
3 psalmodies, pf, 1945; unpubd
Theme and Variations, pf left hand, 1945, unpubd
Notations, 12 pieces, pf, 1945; orch versions, 1946, 1978-
Sonata no.1, 1946
Sonata no.2, 1947-8; Grimaud, Paris, 29 April 1950
Structures, livre I, 2 pf, 1951-2
Sonata no.3: Antiphonie, Trope, Constellation (also retrograde version Constellation-Miroir), Strophe, Séquence, 1955-7; rev. 1963; unpubd except for Sigle (fragment of Antiphonie), Trope and Constellation-Miroir
Structures, livre II, 2 pf, 1956-61
Incises, pf, 1994
Domaines, cl, 1961-8
Anthèmes, vn, 1991 [after vn pt of 1972-4 '…explosante-fixe…']

Electo-acoustic music

2 Etudes, tape, 1951-2
Quartet, 4 ondes martenot, 1945-6; unpubd
'…explosante-fixe…', version for MIDI fl, orch, elecs, 1991-3
Répons, 2 pf, hp, vib, glock, cimb, orch, elecs, 1980-84; extended version, 1982; further extended version, 1984; all versions unpubd
Dialogue de l'ombre double, cl, elecs, 1982-5 [after Domaines]; version for bn, elecs, 1995
'…explosante-fixe…', version for vib, elecs, 1986
Anthèmes II, vn, elecs, 1997
'…explosante-fixe…', version for fl, cl, tpt; version for fl, cl, tpt, hp, vib, vn, va, vc, elecs, 1973; rev., 1973; rev.,1974

Incidental music

Le soleil des eaux (radio play, Char), S, orch, 1948
Orestie (stage play, Aeschylus, trans. A. Obey), 1955; unpubd
Symphonie mécanique (film, dir. J. Mitry), tape, 1955
Le crépuscule de Yang Koueï-fei (radio play, L. Fauré), 1957;; unpubd; related to Improvisations sur Mallarmé I-II
Mon Faust (stage play, P. Valéry), 1962, unpubd
Ainsi parla Zarathoustra (stage play, J.-L. Barrault, after F. Nietzsche), v, inst ens, 1974; unpubd

Arrangements

Chansons de Bilitis, reconstruction of cel part for work by Debussy, ?1954
Frontispice, after Ravel, small orch, 1987, ed. with M. Chimènes: C. Debussy: Jeux, Oeuvres complètes, v/8 (Paris, 1988)

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