Boulez: Vocal Works

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Explore the complete catalog of Vocal compositions by Boulez. This curated list includes composition years, historical Wikipedia context, and interactive audio to add specific tracks directly to your listening queue.

Title Year Actions
Le marteau sans maître, for alto, alto flute, guitar, vibes, xylorimba, percussion and viola
Pli selon pli, for soprano and orchestra

Pli selon pli (Fold by fold) is a piece of classical music by the French composer Pierre Boulez. It carries the subtitle Portrait de Mallarmé (Portrait of Mallarmé). It is scored for a solo soprano and orchestra and uses the texts of three sonnets of French symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé and single lines from two of his other poems. At over an hour, it is Boulez's longest work.