Wednesday, March 26, 2025

March 26 - Pierre Boulez (The Musical Birthday Series, 7th Annual Cycle)

Previous postings for March 26th may be found here: Pierre Boulez (2019), Diana Ross; Pierre Boulez (2020), Pierre Boulez (2021), (2022), (2023), and Rufus Thomas; Pierre Boulez (2024)

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Pierre Boulez (26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was one of the foremost composers and conductors of his time. 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pierre Shape Tones


Oh clap your hands and make ye merry

For Pierre Boulez's centenary! –

A priest of the cerebral prism

Of serial high modernism;

Whose compositions were so fearsome

We seldom get a chance to hear some.



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Méticuleux


Boulez, though his methods were serial,

Was able to treat his material

With a Gallic finesse

That by turns could express

His thoughts, whether brusque or ethereal.

 

 

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