Pierre Boulezs Sur Incises and Its World

Performer and researcher Peter O'Hagan studies the musical style of Pierre Boulez during his final creative period, by means of a detailed consideration of the ensemble work sur Incises, which stands at the heart of Boulez's later output.

List of contents

Introduction
PART 1
Pierre Boulez and Paul Sacher
1. Mein Lieber Pierre ... Cher Paul
2. The cipher at play
3. Spirals
PART 2
The culmination of a friendship
4. Derivations and fragments
5. To Paul Sacher on the occasion of his ninetieth birthday
6. Primus inter pares?
7. Variations and reminiscences
8. A Coda ... and a codetta
9. Imagine... a blank page
Appendix: Interview with Dimitri Vassilakis

About the author

Peter O'Hagan is a pianist and writer specialising in contemporary music. He is editor of British Music of the 1990s (Ashgate 2003), co-editor of Boulez Studies (2016) and author of Pierre Boulez and the Piano (Routledge 2016).

Summary

Performer and researcher Peter O’Hagan studies the musical style of Pierre Boulez during his final creative period, by means of a detailed consideration of the ensemble work sur Incises, which stands at the heart of Boulez’s later output.

Product details

• Authors: Peter O'Hagan, Peter O''hagan, O'Hagan Peter
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032507675
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3250767-5
• No. of pages: 270
• Series: Ashgate Studies in Theory and Analysis of Music After 1900
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Piano & Keyboard, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Keyboard instruments, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Western "classical" music