Le Marteau sans maître

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Le Marteau sans maître is a landmark 1950s chamber work for voice and ensemble by Pierre Boulez, renowned for its complex serial techniques and setting of surrealist poetry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber music composition ⓘ
vocal composition ⓘ
basedOn poetry by René Char ⓘ
catalogNumber Boulez work 6 ⓘ
commissionedBy Südwestfunk (SWF) Baden-Baden ⓘ
completionYear 1957 ⓘ
composer Pierre Boulez ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
dedicatedTo Hans Rosbaud NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre avant-garde music ⓘ
serial music ⓘ
hasMovement "Bel édifice et les pressentiments" ⓘ
"Bel édifice et les pressentiments" II ⓘ
"Bourreaux de solitude" ⓘ
"L'artisanat furieux" ⓘ
Après "L'artisanat furieux" ⓘ
Avant "L'artisanat furieux" ⓘ
Commentaire I de "Bourreaux de solitude" ⓘ
Commentaire II de "Bourreaux de solitude" ⓘ
Commentaire III de "Bourreaux de solitude" ⓘ
influenced late 20th-century chamber music ⓘ
language French ⓘ
movement post-war modernism ⓘ
notableFeature complex serial techniques ⓘ
influence on post-war avant-garde ⓘ
integration of voice and instruments ⓘ
non-linear movement order in performance ⓘ
use of pitch and rhythm serialization ⓘ
numberOfMovements 9 ⓘ
period 20th-century music ⓘ
premiereDate 1955 ⓘ
premiereLocation Baden-Baden ⓘ
scoredFor alto flute ⓘ
alto voice ⓘ
guitar ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
vibraphone ⓘ
viola ⓘ
xylorimba ⓘ
textAuthor René Char ⓘ
titleTranslation The Hammer without a Master ⓘ
usesPoemsFrom Le Marteau sans maître (poetry collection) ⓘ
vocalType alto ⓘ
yearComposed 1953 ⓘ
yearRevised 1954 ⓘ
1955 ⓘ
1957 ⓘ

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Pierre Boulez → notableWork → Le Marteau sans maître ⓘ
Le Marteau sans maître → usesPoemsFrom → Le Marteau sans maître (poetry collection) ⓘ
linked to: Le Marteau sans maître
Le Marteau sans maître → titleTranslation → The Hammer without a Master ⓘ
linked to: Le Marteau sans maître
Le Soleil des eaux → relatedWorkByComposer → Le Marteau sans maître ⓘ
René Char → notableWork → Le Marteau sans maître ⓘ
Commentaire I de "Bourreaux de solitude" → partOf → Le Marteau sans maître ⓘ
Commentaire I de "Bourreaux de solitude" → firstPerformanceWork → Le Marteau sans maître premiere (1955–1957 period) ⓘ
linked to: Le Marteau sans maître
Commentaire I de "Bourreaux de solitude" → belongsToCycleOfPoems → Le Marteau sans maître text cycle by René Char ⓘ
linked to: Le Marteau sans maître
L'artisanat furieux → isAssociatedWithWork → Le Marteau sans maître ⓘ
subject linked to: "L'artisanat furieux"
Commentaire II de "Bourreaux de solitude" → partOf → Le Marteau sans maître ⓘ
Commentaire III de "Bourreaux de solitude" → partOf → Le Marteau sans maître ⓘ
"Bel édifice et les pressentiments" II → partOf → Le Marteau sans maître ⓘ
Capitaine Alexandre → bearerNotableWork → Le Marteau sans maître ⓘ