Le Marteau sans maître

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Le Marteau sans maître is a landmark 1950s chamber work for voice and ensemble by Pierre Boulez, renowned for its complex serial techniques and setting of surrealist poetry.

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instanceOf chamber music composition
vocal composition
basedOn poetry by René Char
catalogNumber Boulez work 6
commissionedBy Südwestfunk (SWF) Baden-Baden
completionYear 1957
composer Pierre Boulez
countryOfOrigin France
dedicatedTo Hans Rosbaud NERFINISHED
genre avant-garde music
serial music
hasMovement "Bel édifice et les pressentiments"
"Bel édifice et les pressentiments" II
"Bourreaux de solitude"
"L'artisanat furieux"
Après "L'artisanat furieux"
Avant "L'artisanat furieux"
Commentaire I de "Bourreaux de solitude"
Commentaire II de "Bourreaux de solitude"
Commentaire III de "Bourreaux de solitude"
influenced late 20th-century chamber music
language French
movement post-war modernism
notableFeature complex serial techniques
influence on post-war avant-garde
integration of voice and instruments
non-linear movement order in performance
use of pitch and rhythm serialization
numberOfMovements 9
period 20th-century music
premiereDate 1955
premiereLocation Baden-Baden
scoredFor alto flute
alto voice
guitar
percussion
vibraphone
viola
xylorimba
textAuthor René Char
titleTranslation Le Marteau sans maître self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Hammer without a Master
usesPoemsFrom Le Marteau sans maître self-linksurface differs
surface form: Le Marteau sans maître (poetry collection)
vocalType alto
yearComposed 1953
yearRevised 1954
1955
1957

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Pierre Boulez notableWork Le Marteau sans maître
Le Marteau sans maître usesPoemsFrom Le Marteau sans maître self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Le Marteau sans maître (poetry collection)
Le Marteau sans maître titleTranslation Le Marteau sans maître self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Hammer without a Master
Le Soleil des eaux relatedWorkByComposer Le Marteau sans maître
René Char notableWork Le Marteau sans maître