Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Pierre Boulez (1925-)

Pierre Boulez (1925-)Sierra Club

Quotation

The aim of music is not to express feelings but to express music. It is not a vessel into which the composer distills his soul drop by drop, but a labyrinth with no beginning and no end, full of new paths to discover, where mystery remains eternal.

Books

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Research

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Biographical

Pierre Boulez studied under Olivier Messiaen's at the Paris Conservatory. He began to conduct in 1950 becoming chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra (1971-74) and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra (1971-78). His more important orchestral works include his Domaines for clarinet and 21 instruments and his Rituel (in memoriam Bruno Maderna) for orchestra.

1 comment:

Minter said...

Am inclined to think that music expresses a social context en masse... and recently, not a lot of mystery. Nice blog BTW.