Boulez, Pierre. (1925–2016). "Notations" - Autograph Musical Quotation with Original Photograph. Very uncommon AMQS from important French composer and conductor, one of the major innovators and forces in 20th century music. 14.5 x 10.5 cm card signed and inscribed with a meticulously penned four-measure quotation from the first ("Fantastique - Modéré") of his 1945 Douze Notations for piano. Sold together with an original and very early doubleweight portrait of the composer by Blackstone and Shelburne of New York, contained in the photographer's original folder and stamped by them l.r..
The first of Boulez's works to be published, Notations consists of twelve miniatures for piano, addressing many of the issues and ideas which would come to define Boulez' style, such as alternations between simplistic ideas and extremely thick sonorities, abrupt gestures, and a mixture of different traditional ideas used in new ways, such as the ostinato. Because of their brevity, the musical material in each is not given much opportunity to develop and instead, the ideas present themselves as entities, each unique to its own musical thought and independent of the music surrounding it.
The first of Boulez's works to be published, Notations consists of twelve miniatures for piano, addressing many of the issues and ideas which would come to define Boulez' style, such as alternations between simplistic ideas and extremely thick sonorities, abrupt gestures, and a mixture of different traditional ideas used in new ways, such as the ostinato. Because of their brevity, the musical material in each is not given much opportunity to develop and instead, the ideas present themselves as entities, each unique to its own musical thought and independent of the music surrounding it.
Boulez, Pierre. (1925–2016). "Notations" - Autograph Musical Quotation with Original Photograph. Very uncommon AMQS from important French composer and conductor, one of the major innovators and forces in 20th century music. 14.5 x 10.5 cm card signed and inscribed with a meticulously penned four-measure quotation from the first ("Fantastique - Modéré") of his 1945 Douze Notations for piano. Sold together with an original and very early doubleweight portrait of the composer by Blackstone and Shelburne of New York, contained in the photographer's original folder and stamped by them l.r..
The first of Boulez's works to be published, Notations consists of twelve miniatures for piano, addressing many of the issues and ideas which would come to define Boulez' style, such as alternations between simplistic ideas and extremely thick sonorities, abrupt gestures, and a mixture of different traditional ideas used in new ways, such as the ostinato. Because of their brevity, the musical material in each is not given much opportunity to develop and instead, the ideas present themselves as entities, each unique to its own musical thought and independent of the music surrounding it.
The first of Boulez's works to be published, Notations consists of twelve miniatures for piano, addressing many of the issues and ideas which would come to define Boulez' style, such as alternations between simplistic ideas and extremely thick sonorities, abrupt gestures, and a mixture of different traditional ideas used in new ways, such as the ostinato. Because of their brevity, the musical material in each is not given much opportunity to develop and instead, the ideas present themselves as entities, each unique to its own musical thought and independent of the music surrounding it.