Welcome to Boulez-Online, a London Sinfonietta Education site that celebrates the work of Pierre Boulez.

As well as providing information on the life of Boulez you will find a guide to his work Dérive (1984) by Fraser Trainer which forms the basis of a composition project for GCSE Music. The work outlined in the site is also suitable for A Level and undergraduate students, and people of all ages who are interested to find out more about the music of Boulez.

Using the boxes above, or the links below, you can move to the following areas:

Introduction; Biography; Chronology; Interview; "celebrating Pierre"; Recommended reading and listening.

An introduction to Dérive plus a look at the compositional style and techniques, influences and definitions.

This section is aimed at those who wish to follow the composition project. There are teaching plans, audio-visual examples, downloadable teachers pack and additional support materials

Information on Browsers, plug-ins and helper applications

Find out who is involved in the project and get in touch. Plus links to other resources.

The site has been designed and built in collaboration with:

for further details contact: boulez@soundintermedia.co.uk

 

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