Le Visage nuptial

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Le Visage nuptial is a modernist vocal-orchestral work by Pierre Boulez, notable for its complex serial techniques and setting of surrealist poetry.

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Le Visage nuptial canonical 1
The Nuptial Face 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cantata
modernist composition
vocal-orchestral work
associatedMovement post-war avant-garde
basedOn poems by René Char
catalogueStatus revised multiple times by the composer
composer Pierre Boulez
countryOfOrigin France
genre contemporary classical music
hasPart movement I
movement II
movement III
movement IV
movement V
hasVersion 1946 chamber version
1951 revision
1985 revision
influencedBy Anton Webern
Second Viennese School
language French
movementCount 5
notableCharacteristic complex serial techniques
dense orchestration
highly structured formal design
integration of voice and ensemble
period 20th-century music
poeticStyle surrealism
premiereDate 1957
premiereFestival Donaueschinger Musiktage
premiereLocation Donaueschingen
publisher Universal Edition
relatedWork Le Soleil des eaux
Pli selon pli
scoredFor mezzo-soprano
mixed chorus
orchestra
soprano
women's chorus
style modernism
textAuthor René Char
titleTranslation Le Visage nuptial self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Nuptial Face
usesEnsemble chorus and soloists
large orchestra
usesTechnique advanced vocal writing
complex rhythmic structures
serialism
twelve-tone technique
workTitleLanguage French

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Pierre Boulez notableWork Le Visage nuptial
Le Visage nuptial titleTranslation Le Visage nuptial self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Nuptial Face