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Pierre Boulez
Pli selon pli | (Portrait de Mallarmé) | for soprano and orchestra

Work Details
Year of composition: 1957-1962
Subtitle: (Portrait de Mallarmé)
Scored for: for soprano and orchestra
Composer: Pierre Boulez
Text Author: Stéphane Mallarmé
Original Language: Französisch
Table of Contents: Don; Improvisation I - III; Tombeau
Remarks: All works from "Pli selon pli" can be performed and acquired separately.
Duration (min): 67
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World Première
Location: Köln / Germany
Date: 13.06.1960
Orchestra: SWF-SO Baden-Baden
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Main Soloists: Eva Maria Rogner
Work Introduction

“Fold by fold” – this is the English translation of the French title; the text was written by Stéphane Mallarmé – is a milestone in recent music history: in this work, Mallarmé – the revolutionary innovator of French poetry – meets Pierre Boulez, whose treatment of the text and [...]

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