Le marteau sans maitre (Pocket score)

Description

The work has nine movements, four of which set the text of three poems of René Char. The remaining movements are instrumental extrapolations of the other four:

• Avant "l'artisanat furieux" (before "the furious craftsmanship")
• Commentaire I de "bourreaux de solitude" (first commentary on "hangmen of solitude")
• "L'artisanat furieux" ("the furious craftsmanship")
• Commentaire II de "bourreaux de solitude" (second commentary on "hangmen of solitude")
• "Bel édifice et les pressentiments", version première ("stately building and presentiments", first version)
• "Bourreaux de solitude" ("hangmen of solitude")
• Après "l'artisanat furieux" (after "the furious craftsmanship")
• Commentaire III de "bourreaux de solitude" (third commentary on "hangmen of solitude")
• "Bel édifice et les pressentiments", double ("stately building and presentiments", again)

These movements are grouped into three cycles by Boulez. The first cycle consists of movements I, III, and VII. The second cycle is movements II, IV, VI, and VIII. Movements V and IX make up the third cycle.