{"product_id":"13289-boulez-pierre-souzay-gerard-improvisation-i-autograph-musical-quotation","title":"Boulez, Pierre. (1925–2016) \u0026 Souzay, Gérard. (1918–2004) \"Improvisation I.\" - Autograph Musical Quotation","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eVery uncommon AMQS from important French composer and conductor, one of the major innovators and forces in 20th century music, \u003c\/span\u003e who has here neatly penned a short quotation from \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eImprovisation I\u003c\/i\u003e, part of his longest work, \u003ci style=\"\"\u003ePli selon pli\u003c\/i\u003e. Boulez has written out one measure and the title of the movement, \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\"'Le vierge, le vivace et le bel aujourd'hui' (Mallarmé)\", signed and dated Salzburg, August 20, 1992. On the verso, a further autograph and inscription from the French baritone Gérard Souzay, dated Salzburg, August 1992.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\"The extent of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hit highlight\" style=\"\"\u003eBoulez\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e’s new freedom is perhaps most amply demonstrated in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"\"\u003ePli selon pli\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e, a work for soprano and large orchestra in five movements, sub-titled ‘portrait de Mallarmé’. Extended passages in which the registers of notes remain fixed make for a new simplicity of style, particularly in the vocal writing of the three \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"\"\u003eImprovisations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e which form the work’s central core... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eThe frequently ornate vocal style of the work does not preclude a somewhat expressionistic treatment of Mallarmé’s text, but \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hit highlight\" style=\"\"\u003eBoulez\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e’s real homage to the poet lies deeper, in the formal correspondences between his music and Mallarmé’s poetic syntax.\" (New Grove)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093512966303,"sku":"13289","price":850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Boulez_Pierre_AMQS_13289_001.jpg?v=1722188522","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/13289-boulez-pierre-souzay-gerard-improvisation-i-autograph-musical-quotation","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}