Structures I

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Structures I is an influential serial piano composition by Pierre Boulez that exemplifies his rigorous application of total serialism in the early 1950s.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Structures Ib 2
Structures I canonical 1
Structures Ia 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber music work ⓘ
piano composition ⓘ
serial composition ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution Darmstadt Summer Courses ⓘ
belongsToRepertoire 20th‑century classical music ⓘ
catalogueNote early major work of Pierre Boulez ⓘ
composer Pierre Boulez ⓘ
composerNationality French ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
dateOfComposition 1951 ⓘ
1952 ⓘ
dedicatedTo Olivier Messiaen ⓘ
dynamicOrganization serially controlled dynamics ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation Paris ⓘ
genre total serialism ⓘ
hasPart Structures Ia ⓘ
linked to: Structures I

Structures Ib ⓘ
linked to: Structures I

Structures Ic ⓘ
linked to: Structures I
historicalContext post‑World War II modernism ⓘ
influenced European avant‑garde composers of the 1950s ⓘ
influencedBy Anton Webern ⓘ
Olivier Messiaen ⓘ
keyConcept combinatorial use of series ⓘ
parametric control ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
movement post‑war avant‑garde ⓘ
notableFor influence on post‑war serial composition ⓘ
rigorous application of total serialism ⓘ
systematic organization of multiple musical parameters ⓘ
numberOfPianos 2 ⓘ
partOf Structures (Boulez) ⓘ
performanceMedium piano duo ⓘ
period early 1950s ⓘ
pitchOrganization 12‑tone row ⓘ
premiereDecade 1950s ⓘ
rhythmicOrganization serially controlled durations ⓘ
scoredFor two pianos ⓘ
style integral serialism ⓘ
texture highly pointillistic ⓘ
titleLanguage French ⓘ
usesMaterialFrom Olivier Messiaen’s Mode de valeurs et d’intensités ⓘ
usesTechnique 12‑tone technique ⓘ
total serialization of attack ⓘ
total serialization of duration ⓘ
total serialization of dynamics ⓘ
total serialization of pitch ⓘ
total serialization of register ⓘ
workType serial piano duo ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pierre Boulez → notableWork → Structures I ⓘ
Structures I → hasPart → Structures Ia ⓘ
linked to: Structures I
Structures I → hasPart → Structures Ib ⓘ
linked to: Structures I
Structures I → hasPart → Structures Ic ⓘ
linked to: Structures I
Structures, Book I → hasPart → Structures Ib ⓘ
subject linked to: Structures (Boulez)
linked to: Structures I