Tombeau

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Tombeau is a movement from Pierre Boulez’s orchestral song cycle "Pli selon pli," known for its complex, avant-garde treatment of Mallarmé’s poetry.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tombeau canonical 1
Tombeau (within Pli selon pli) 1

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical movement
orchestral song movement
associatedWork Don, first movement of Pli selon pli
Improvisation I sur Mallarmé
Improvisation II sur Mallarmé
Improvisation III sur Mallarmé
basedOn poetry of Stéphane Mallarmé
composer Pierre Boulez
countryOfOrigin France
dedicatedTo memory of Stéphane Mallarmé
genre avant-garde music
contemporary classical music
languageOfText French
movementNumber 5
notableCharacteristic complex rhythmic structures
dense harmonic language
extended vocal techniques
fragmented treatment of text
highly detailed orchestration
partOf Pli selon pli
period 20th-century music
positionInWork final movement of Pli selon pli
premiereWork Pli selon pli
style post-serial composition
serialism
textAuthor Stéphane Mallarmé
titleLanguage French
titleMeaning tomb or memorial
uses large orchestra
soprano voice
workType movement for soprano and orchestra

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pli selon pli hasPart Tombeau
Improvisation III sur Mallarmé hasFollowingWork Tombeau (within Pli selon pli)
linked to: Tombeau