Tombeau : fac-similés de l'épure et de la première mise au net de la partition = facsimiles of the draft score and the first fair copy of the full score / Pierre Boulez ; édités par Robert Piencikowski.
"A publication of the Paul Sacher Foundation." No. 5 from the song cycle 'Pli selon pli (Portrait de Mallarmé) for soprano and orchestra. This movement is mainly for orchestra with vocal interpolation to present the Mallarmé poem from which the piece originates. Originally conceived as a tribute to Prince Max Egon zu Fürstenberg. Introductory materials in French and English. Facsimile includes: pencil manuscript, manuscript in polychrome Indian ink, first recasting - transcription in black ink (extract), second recasting - collage/montage derived from the photocopy of the first recasting (extract). Includes bibliographical references (p. 20-21, 37-38) and discography: p. 22, 39.
Contents:
Partition A. Manuscrit au crayon à papier = Pencil manuscript -- Partition B. Manuscrit à l'encre de chine polychrome = Manuscript in polychrome Indian ink -- Partition C. Première refonte : transcription à l'encre noire (extrait) = First recasting : transcription in black ink (extract) -- Partition D. Deuxième refonte : collage/montage de la photocopie de la première refonte (extrait) -- Second recasting : collage/montage dervied from the photocopy of the first recasting (exract)
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