List of compositions by Pierre Boulez

Pierre Boulez in 1968.

A list of works by the French composer Pierre Boulez.

• Douze notations for piano (1945); expanded and reworked for orchestra (1978– )
• Trois psalmodies for piano (1945); withdrawn
• Variations for piano, left hand (1945); withdrawn
• Quatuor pour quatre Ondes Martenot (Quartet for four ondes Martenot) (1945–46); withdrawn
• Piano Sonata No. 1 (1946)
• Sonatine for flute and piano (1946)
• Le visage nuptial for soprano, mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra (1946; revised 1951; revised 1988–89)
• Symphonie concertante for piano and orchestra (1947); lost
• Piano Sonata No. 2 (1948)
• Sonata for Two Pianos for piano duo (1948); revision of the quartet for Ondes Martenot; withdrawn
• Livre pour quatuor (1948); two movements were reworked for string orchestra as Livre pour cordes (1968; revised 1989; revised 2011/12)
• Le soleil des eaux for soprano, chorus and orchestra (1948; revised 1950; revised 1958; revised 1965); text: 2 poems by René Char
• Polyphonie X for ensemble (1950–51); withdrawn
• Deux études, musique concrète (1951–52)
• Structures I for two pianos (1951–52)
• Oubli signal lapidé for 12 solo voices (1952); withdrawn
• Le marteau sans maître for alto and six instruments (1953–55; revised 1957)
• La symphonie mécanique musique concrète for a film by Jean Mitry (1955)
• L'Orestie incidental music for Aeschylus' trilogy the Oresteia, for voice and instrumental ensemble (1945)
• Poésie pour pouvoir for tape and 3 orchestras (1955/58); withdrawn
• Piano Sonata No. 3 (1955-57/63); unfinished
• Strophes for flute (1957); unfinished
• Le crépuscule de Yang Koueï-Fei musique concrète for the radiophonic play by Louise Fauré (1957)
• Pli selon pli for soprano and orchestra (1957–58, as Improvisations sur Mallarmé 1–2; completed 1959–62; revised 1983; revised 1989)
• Structures II for two pianos (1961)
• Figures-doubles-prismes for orchestra (1957–58, as Doubles; revised 1964; revised 1968)
• Éclat for ensemble (1965)
• Éclat/multiples (1970); Éclat followed by a longer piece for a larger ensemble; unfinished
• Domaines for clarinet (1968)
• Domaines for clarinet and six instrumental groups (1968)
• Improvisé—pour le Dr. Kalmus for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, and cello (1969; revised 2005)
• Über das, über ein verschwindelaren for mixed a cappella chorus (1969)
• Cummings ist der Dichter for chorus and ensemble (1970; revised 1986)
• "…explosante-fixe…" for flute, clarinet, and trumpet (1971–72)
• "…explosante-fixe…" new version for flute, clarinet, trumpet, harp, vibraphone, violin, viola, cello, and electronics (1973–74)
• Rituel – in memoriam Bruno Maderna for orchestra in eight groups (1974)
• Ainsi parla Zarathoustra incidental music for voice and ensemble (1974)
• Messagesquisse for solo cello and six cellos (1976)
• Notations for orchestra (1978/1984/1997– )
• Répons for two pianos, harp, vibraphone, xylophone, cimbalom, ensemble and live electronics (1980; revised and expanded 1982; revised and expanded 1984)
• Dérive 1 for six instruments (1984)
• Dialogue de l'ombre double for clarinet and electronics (1985)
• Mémoriale ("…explosante-fixe…" originel) for flute and ensemble (1985); an arrangement of the central section from "...explosante-fixe..."
• "…explosante-fixe…" version for vibraphone and electronics (1986)
• Initiale for brass ensemble (1987)
• Dérive 2 for eleven instruments (1988; revised 2002; expanded and completed 2006)
• Anthèmes for violin (1991; revised and expanded 1994)
• Fanfare for the 80th Birthday of Georg Solti for brass and percussion (1992)
• "…explosante-fixe…" for solo MIDI flute, two "shadow" flutes, chamber orchestra, and electronics (1991–93); three of nine projected movements
• Incises for piano (1994; revised and expanded 2001)
• Dialogue de l'ombre double (transcribed for bassoon and electronics, 1985/1995)
• Anthèmes 2 for violin and live electronics (1997)
• Sur incises for three pianos, three harps and three percussionists (1996–98)
• Une page d’éphéméride for piano (2005)
• Dialogue de l'ombre double (transcribed for recorder by Erik Bosgraaf, 2014)