Éclat

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Éclat is a 1965 chamber work by Pierre Boulez that explores shimmering timbres, intricate textures, and flexible time through a distinctive ensemble of piano and selected instruments.

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Éclat canonical 1
Éclat/Multiples 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber music composition
musical work
catalogueNumber Boulez work from mid-1960s period
composer Pierre Boulez
composerStyle post-serialism
serialism
compositionYear 1965
countryOfOrigin France
dedicatedTo Hans Rosbaud NERFINISHED
duration approximately 10 minutes
genre avant-garde music
contemporary classical music
hasPart celesta
cimbalom
clarinet
flute
glockenspiel
guitar
harp
horn
mandolin
oboe
percussion
piano
trumpet
vibraphone
viola
violoncello
influencedBy Anton Webern
Second Viennese School
language instrumental
notableFeature exploration of shimmering timbres
flexible treatment of musical time
intricate textures
performancePractice requires conductor
requires virtuosic ensemble playing
period 20th-century music
premiereDate 1965
publisher Universal Edition
relatedWork Éclat self-linksurface differs
surface form: Éclat/Multiples
scoring chamber ensemble with piano and selected instruments
titleLanguage French
titleMeaning “brilliance” or “splinter” in French
usesTechnique controlled aleatoric procedures
open form elements
precise rhythmic notation

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Pierre Boulez notableWork Éclat
Éclat relatedWork Éclat self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Éclat/Multiples