Pierre Boulez Studies

Preface; Part I. The Context of the Late 1940s and 1950s: 1. Pierre Boulez: composer, traveller, correspondent Edward Campbell; 2. Traces of an apprenticeship: Pierre Boulez's Sonatine (1946/1949) Susanne Gaertner; 3. Schoenberg vive Jessica Payette; Part II. The Evolution of a Style: 4. 'A score neither begins nor ends; at most it pretends to': fragmentary reflections on the Boulezian non finito Robert Piencikowski; 5. Serial organisation and beyond: cross-relations of determinants in Le Marteau sans maitre and the dynamic pitch-algorithm of Constellation Pascal Decroupet; 6. 'Du Fond d'un Naufrage': the quarter-tone compositions of Pierre Boulez Werner Strinz; 7. Alea and the concept of the 'work in progress' Peter O'Hagan; 8. Casting new light on Boulezian Serialism: unpredictability and free choice in the composition of Pli selon pli - portrait de Mallarme Erling E. Guldbrandsen; 9. Serial processes, agency and improvisation Joseph Salem; 10. Listening to doubles in stereo Jonathan Goldman; 11. Composing an improvisation at the beginning of the 1970s Paolo Dal Molin; Part III. Reception Studies: 12. Pierre Boulez in London: the William Glock years Peter O'Hagan; 13. Tartan from Baden-Baden: Boulez at the 1965 Edinburgh International Festival Edward Campbell; 14. Pierre Boulez and the suspension of narrative Arnold Whittall.