Pierre Boulez (jan 1, 1925 – jan 1, 2016)
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a French composer, conductor, writer and founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of the post-war classical music world.Total Serialism: Messiaen’s Mode de valeurs et d’intensités
1. Boulez proposed to serialize pitch, rhythm, dynamics, and timbre.
2. The first famous work to accomplish this was Messiaen’s Mode de valeurs et d’intensités.
3. The next step was total serialism, accomplished in Boulez’s Structures (1951).
a. He applies the technique to pitch, duration, dynamics, and attack.
b. Boulez noted that the time for performance of scores had passed; now it was time to analyze only.
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Date:
jan 1, 1925
jan 1, 2016
~ 91 years