Inside the score

In five interactive scores Pierre Boulez guides you through selected pieces from Douze Notations. They are performed by Boulez specialist Tamara Stefanovich who also addresses questions of technique and interpretation.

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Boulez video interview

In 1945, at the age of 20, Pierre Boulez began to develop his musical language with Douze Notations. In a video interview from 2012 the composer introduces and discusses this early collection of piano pieces.

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History and context

Texts, videos and pictures explain the work's genesis, Boulez’s compositional approach, and the history of the expansion of the original piano pieces into complex orchestral music.

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