title: The Cantatas by Pierre Boulez in the Context of the Main Trends in the Development of Choral Composition of the 20th Century
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metadata.value: Ryzhinskii, Aleksandr S.
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metadata.value: 2021-03-31T13:14:10Z
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metadata.value: 2021-03-31T13:14:10Z
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metadata.value: 2021-03
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metadata.value: Ryzhinskii, Aleksandr. “The Cantatas by Pierre Boulez in the Context of the Main Trends in the Development of Choral Composition of the 20th Century”. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Arts 11, no. 1 (2021): 21–38.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu15.2021.102
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/26993
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metadata.value: The article focuses on Pierre Boulez’s choral style in the cantatas “Le visage nuptial” and “Le
  soleil des eaux”. The versions of these works, created over the course of almost 40 years (from
  1951 to 1989), represent a complex of techniques in regard to texture and timbre, which, on
  the one hand, are a continuation of experiments by composers of the New Vienna School (A. Schönberg, A. Webern), and on the other hand, they preface a number of innovations in
  the choral style of Boulez’s contemporaries (L. Nono, L. Berio, K. Stockhausen, I. Xenakis).
  Evidence is provided in favor of the idea that Boulez’s choral works were the logical link between
  the vocal and choral opuses of the composers of the first and second Western European
  avant-garde. The article examines the peculiarities of the interaction between the verbal and
  musical series, the specifics of the textural organization of Boulez’s works, and systematizes
  the information about the timbre techniques used. Links are identified between the heterophonic
  presentation typical of Boulez’s choral works and the use of quarter tone notation,
  glissando reception, and various variants of speech singing (Sprechgesang). The connections
  between stereophonic effects in the music of Boulez and Nono are traced. An important place
  is occupied by the study of vocal sound recovery or “vocal emission” technologies (as defined
  by Boulez). The significance of Schönberg and Webern’s experience in the formulation of the
  technical foundations of Boulez’s choral timbres is stressed. Special attention is paid to the
  problem of “work in progress” as one of the defining features of the composer’s choral heritage.
  Comparing the works by Nono, Maderna, and Bulez, the author concludes the different
  reasons for which composers came to the concept of “opera aperta” (U. Eco).
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Arts;Volume 11; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Pierre Boulez
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Arnold Schönberg
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Anton Webern
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: René Char
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Western European Avant Garde
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: choral music
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: choral texture
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: vocal timbres
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: work in progress
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Sprechgesang
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The Cantatas by Pierre Boulez in the Context of the Main Trends in the Development of Choral Composition of the 20th Century
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