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Pierre Boulez

Pierre Boulez (1925-2016)

Nationality: French
Born: March 26, 1925, Montbrison, France Died: January 5, 2016, Baden-Baden, Germany (age 90)
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Livre pour quatuor [Book for Quartet] for String Quartet

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
6:41 I. a. Vivo - b. Moderato
10:36 II. Assez vif
8:40 III. a. Assez large - b. Assez vif - très mobile - c. Lent, furtif
IV. (unpublished)
5:04 V. Lent, mais mobile
VI. Modéré
Duration: 42 minutes (approximately)
Composed: 1948-1962 (age 22-37)
4 recordings, 6 videos
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41:33
Parisii Quartet
61:14
Diotima Quartet
6:41
Quatuor Parrenin
I. a. Vivo - b. Moderato
10:36
Quatuor Parrenin
II. Assez vif
8:40
Quatuor Parrenin
III. a. Assez large - b. Assez vif - très mobile - c. Lent, furtif
5:04
Hamann Quartett
V. Lent, mais mobile

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glossary

  • assez [Fr]—quite, enough, fairly
  • chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
  • largamente [I], con larghezza [I], large [F], largement [F]—broad, full, slow
  • lento, lent [F], lentement [F], avec lenteur [F]—slow (tempo)
  • livre [F]—book, as in a book of pieces collected as a single published opus
  • mais [F]—but, however
  • moderato [I], moderamente, modéré [F], modérément [F]—moderately, at a moderate tempo, applying a touch of restraint to its related word(s), e.g. allegro moderato
  • string quartet, Streichquartett [G], quatuor à cordes [F], quartetto d'archi [I], quartetto di cordi [I], cuarteto de cuerda [S], vonósnégyes [H]—an ensemble as well as music written for that ensemble comprising 2 violins, viola and cello. This is one of the essential genres / forms / ensembles of chamber music and arguably a critical "core" of "classical" music.
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  • très [Fr]—very
  • vif [Fr]—lively, animated
  • vivo—lively, intense