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Born: 26 March
1925, Montbrison (Loire), France
Boulez, Pierre
A
composer identified with the serial
style, developed by Webern
from Schönberg's
dodecaphonic system,
from the early 20th century.
He was among the most influential contemporary musicians, both as a composer
and as a conductor. He sees composing as a research in the principles of
aesthetics and beauty. He deals with acoustic
and electronic music
and founded IRCAM (the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique),
a music research studio in Paris,
which opened 1977, specializing in the study and creation in music and
acoustics.
Since then Boulez has concentrated on his work as director of IRCAM, where
his main work has been Répons for Orchestra
and Digital Equipment (for soloists, orchestra,
tapes, and computer-generated sounds).
His work "The
Hammer with no Craftsman" ("Le
marteau sans maître") for flute, guitar, vibraphone,
xylorimba, percussion and viola, is among the important serial pieces,
for it broke through the cold logic and introduced imagination and inspiration
into this strict, mathematical technique.
He was not interested in creating
music that would be popular, and remained
uncompromising in his composition throughout his entire career.
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He played
He Was
He Lived in the
Twentieth Century
In
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