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ubu.com/papers/Boulez-Schoenberg+Is+Dead.pdf
zachlaytonindustries.com/boulez.pdf
core.ac.uk/download/pdf/6116590.pdf
epubs.surrey.ac.uk/2331/1/362530.pdf
escholarship.org/content/qt63z2k4z9/qt63z2k4z9.pdf
monoskop.org/images/6/6d/Foucault_Michel_Boulez_Pierre_1983_1985_Contemporary_Music_and_the_Public.pdf
ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4654&context=etd
mtosmt.org/issues/mto.19.25.1/mto.19.25.1.losada.pdf
https://www.paul-sacher-stiftung.ch/dam/jcr:c9b341f4-ed8c-4fc9-b990-f390fb061632/mitteilungen_der_paul_pacher_sacher_stiftung_11_peter_o_hagan.pdf
https://currentmusicology.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/03/current.musicology.76.parsons.53-79.pdf
https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/bitstream/handle/1773/11257/9401433.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
https://archive.is/IgTIq
theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/mar/26/boulez-in-his-own-words
researchgate.net/publication/327494765_What_does_quantum_music_sound_like_and_what_would_Pierre_Boulez_think_of_it_Super_position_many_worlds_by_Kim_Helweg_2017
researchgate.net/publication/226675713_Structures_Ia_Pour_Deux_Pianos_by_Boulez_Towards_Creative_Analysis_Using_OpenMusic_and_Rubato

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Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.

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Music:

- Pierre Boulez: Structures I and II for two pianos, performed by Alfons and Aloys Kontarsky [original upload: EmErwN02fX0]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Pierre Boulez: Piano Sonata #2, unknown performer [original upload: zW2YkmeeBaI]
- Pierre Boulez: Le Marteau sans Maître, performed by Franziska Weber and the Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik conducted by Brian Liao [original upload: 7QYKBKoEYyQ]
- Pierre Boulez: Répons, performed by the Ensemble Intercontemporain conducted by Matthais Pintscher [original upload: OQE5TYnD58k]
- Pierre Boulez: sur Incises, performed by the Ensemble Intercontemporain conducted by Matthais Pintscher [original upload: HCQI6Wu3QxE]

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- Supa Hot Fire [original upload: fn9oXl9tyG0]

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