{"product_id":"15700-boulez-pierre-figures-autograph-orchestral-seating-plan-and-signed-program","title":"Boulez, Pierre. (1925–2016) \"Figures\" - Autograph Orchestral Seating Plan and Signed Program","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eAutograph document in the hand of the important composer and conductor, showing the orchestral seating plan for his work \u003ci\u003eFigures \u003c\/i\u003e(1958–66). Undated [likely Baden-Baden, 1985.] In his tiny and precise hand, Berlioz has mapped out the seating plan for the three separate instrumental groups. Another hand has enlarged some of the words to make the plan more easily legible. An interesting and visually striking document. 1 p. on hole-punched graph paper. Light stains at the right, with light edge wear; overall very good. 10.5 x 8 inches (27 x 20.8 cm).\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eTogether with a signed concert program from the festival \"Hommage à Pierre Boulez,\" given by the broadcaster Südwestfunk in Baden-Baden, March 29–April 1, 1985. Boulez has signed on the cover (translated from the German): \"With many thanks \/ P. Boulez \/ 2 April 1985.\" Very fine. 38 pp. 8.25 x 7.75 inches (21 x 19.5 cm).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\" face=\"\" style=\"\" size=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cfont color=\"\" face=\"\" style=\"\" size=\"\"\u003eBoulez’s \u003ci\u003eFigures – Doubles – Prismes\u003c\/i\u003e, or its basis, was first heard in 1958 and then repeatedly revised and extended\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cfont color=\"\" face=\"\" style=\"\" size=\"\"\u003e. Written for a large if unconventional orchestra, the work uses the players unconventionally in their seating arrangement (like Stockhausen’s \u003ci\u003eGruppen\u003c\/i\u003e), effectively in three mini orchestras placed left, centre and right.  All three orchestras are guided by a single conductor on a platform at the front of the stage. The title conveys how a Boulezian musical design typically unfolds: an idea\u003cspan class=\"m_-1082547357807151678gmail-ml__ellipsis\" style=\"\"\u003e (figure) is presented, instantly setting up its own possibilities of variations (double), and of intricate harmonic extension and refraction (prisme). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003eIn Boulez’s own words: “Figures refers to simple elements, sharply characterised by dynamics, violence, softness, slowness, and so forth. These elements can be purely harmonic, or more rhythmically oriented, or purely melodic. They are not themes in the conventional way, but ‘states’ of music being.”\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093593444511,"sku":"15700","price":1600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Boulez_15700_01-rotated-270.jpg?v=1722189056","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/15700-boulez-pierre-figures-autograph-orchestral-seating-plan-and-signed-program","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}