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  Structures

  Structures I (1952) and Structures II (1961) are two related works for two pianos, composed by the French composer Pierre Boulez. The first book of Structures was begun in early 1951, as Boulez was completing his orchestral work Polyphonie X, and finished in 1952. It consists of three movements, or...
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  Le marteau sans maître

  Le marteau sans maître (The hammer without a master) is a composition by the French composer Pierre Boulez. It is a setting of the surrealist poetry of René Char for alto and six instrumentalists. It was first performed in 1955. The work has nine movements, four of which set the text of three poems...

• Incises

  Incises (1994/2001) and Sur Incises (1996/1998) are two related works of the French composer Pierre Boulez. Incises is Boulez's first work for solo piano since his third piano sonata of 1955–57/63. Originally written in 1994, it has been revised twice, most recently in 2001. It plays with contrasts...

• Répons

  Répons is a composition by French composer Pierre Boulez for a large chamber orchestra with 6 soloists and live electronics. It was premiered on the 18th of October in 1981 at the Donaueschingen Festival and subsequently expanded until its completion in 1984. Répons was the first significant work...

• Polyphonie X

  Polyphonie X is a composition by Pierre Boulez for eighteen instruments divided into seven groups, written in 1950-51. It is in three movements. It is one of the first works of Boulez's total serial period. It was composed shortly after "Structure 1a", the opening of the piano duo Structures I ...

• Anthèmes

  Anthèmes is the name of two compositions by the French composer Pierre Boulez. Originally a short piece for violin solo, written for the 90th birthday of Universal Edition's director Alfred Schlee, Boulez later expanded it and reworked it as Anthèmes II, a longer work for violin and live...

• Piano sonatas

  Pierre Boulez has composed three piano sonatas. The First Piano Sonata in 1946, a Second Piano Sonata in 1948, and a Third Piano Sonata was composed in 1955-57 with further elaborations up to at least 1963, though only two of its movements (and a fragment of another) have been published. Boulez's...

• Rituel in Memoriam Bruno Maderna

  Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna (1974–75) is a composition for large chamber ensemble in eight groups by the French composer Pierre Boulez. It was first performed in London, 2 April 1975, by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Boulez. The work was written after the death of Boulez's fellow...