Pli selon pli

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Pli selon pli is a large-scale, avant-garde orchestral and vocal work by Pierre Boulez, based on the poetry of Stéphane Mallarmé and noted for its complex textures and innovative use of timbre.

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instanceOf orchestral work
song cycle
vocal work
associatedMovement post-war European avant-garde
basedOn poetry of Stéphane Mallarmé
centralPerformerRole soprano soloist
composer Pierre Boulez
dedicatedTo Hans Rosbaud NERFINISHED
firstVersionCompleted 1960
genre avant-garde music
contemporary classical music
hasPart Don
Improvisation I sur Mallarmé
Improvisation II sur Mallarmé
Improvisation III sur Mallarmé
Tombeau
influencedBy symbolist poetry
language French
movementCount 5
notableFor complex textures
innovative use of timbre
notableRecordingBy BBC Symphony Orchestra
Ensemble InterContemporain
Pierre Boulez
period 20th-century music
premiereCountry Germany
premiereLocation Donaueschingen
publisher Universal Edition
revised 1962
1983
scoredFor large orchestra
soprano
textAuthor Stéphane Mallarmé
textSource Don du poème
Le vierge, le vivace et le bel aujourd’hui
Remémoration d’amis belges
Tombeau de Verlaine
Une dentelle s’abolit
titleLanguage French
titleTranslation Pli selon pli self-linksurface differs
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typicalDuration about 60 minutes
usesTechnique complex rhythmic structures
controlled chance procedures
extended instrumental techniques
serialism
workChronologyPosition major early orchestral-vocal work of Pierre Boulez

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Pierre Boulez notableWork Pli selon pli
Pli selon pli titleTranslation Pli selon pli self-linksurface differs
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Le Visage nuptial relatedWork Pli selon pli