André Boucourechliev

• Work — Opus No. — Scoring — Date — Medium — Publisher — Duration • Musique à trois — Op. 1 — flute (also piccolo), clarinet and harpsichord — 1957 rev. 1958 — Chamber music — Unpublished — 00:07:00 • Texte I — Op. 2 — tape (2 tracks) — 1958 — Electroacoustic music — Unpublished — 00:06:20 • Sonate — Op. 3 — piano — 1959 — Solo instrument — Unpublished — 00:10:00 • Text II — Op. 4 — two tapes — 1959 — Electroacoustic music — Unpublished — 00:04:30 • Grodek — Op. 5 — soprano, flute and three percussions — 1963 — Vocal music — Universal — 00:12:00 • Musiques Nocturnes — Op. 6 — clarinet, harp and piano — 1965 — Chamber music — Unpublished — 00:10:00 • Archipel 1 — Op. 7 — two pianos and two percussions (or two solo pianos) — 1967 — Chamber music — Universal — variable (approx. 11 mn) • Archipel 2 — Op. 8 — string quartet — 1968 — String quartet — Universal — variable (approx. 20 mn) • Archipel 3 — Op. 9 — piano and six percussions — 1969 — Percussion ensemble — Alphonse Leduc — variable (approx. 15 mn) • Archipel 4 — Op. 10 — Piano — 1970 — Solo instrument — Alphonse Leduc — variable (approx. 10–25 mn) • Anarchipel – Archipel 5E — Op. 11 — one or two percussions — 1970 — Solo instrument — Alphonse Leduc — variable (approx. 7–20 mn) • Anarchipel – Archipel 5D — Op. 11 — Piano — 1970 — Solo instrument — Alphonse Leduc — variable (approx. 7–20 mn) • Anarchipel – Archipel 5C — Op. 11 — Organ — 1970 — Solo instrument — Alphonse Leduc — variable (approx. 7–20 mn) • Anarchipel – Archipel 5B — Op. 11 — Harpsichord — 1970 — Solo instrument — Alphonse Leduc — variable (approx. 7–20 mn) • Anarchipel – Archipel 5A — Op. 11 — one or two amplified harps — 1970 — Solo instrument — Alphonse Leduc — variable (approx. 7–20 mn) • Anarchipel — Op. 11 — ensemble of six instruments: amplified harp, amplified harpsichord, organ, piano, 2 percussion — 1970 — Instrumental ensemble — Alphonse Leduc — variable (approx. 7–20 mn) • Ombres (Hommage à Beethoven) — Op. 12 — twelve (or twenty-four) strings — 1970 — Orchestra — Alphonse Leduc — 00:19:00 • Tombeau — Op. 13 — clarinet in A and percussion or piano — 1971 — Chamber music — Alphonse Leduc — 00:04:00 • Faces — Op. 14 — two groupes of orchestra (with two conductors) — 1972 — Orchestra — Alphonse Leduc — variable (approx. 20 mn) • Amers — Op. 15 — nineteen instruments — 1973 — Instrumental ensemble — Alphonse Leduc — variable (approx. 15–20 mn) • Thrène — Op. 16 — tape — 1974 — Electroacoustic music — 00:31:00 • Concerto — Op. 17 — piano and orchestra — 1975 — Orchestra — Salabert — variable (approx. 21 mn) • Six Etudes d’après Piranèse — Op. 18 — Piano — 1975 — Solo instrument — Salabert — variable (approx. 15 mn) • Le nom d’Œdipe — Op. 19 — 6 soloists (Jocaste 1 soprano, Jocaste 2 speaker, Œdipe 1 baryton, Œdipe 2 s[...] — 1978 — Opera — Unpublished — 02:00:00 • Trois extraits du "Nom d’Œdipe" — Op. 20 — soprano, piano, 2 gongs (played by the pianist) and tape — 1978 — Vocal music — Unpublished — 00:14:00 • Orion I — Op. 21 — Organ — 1979 — Solo instrument — Salabert — variable (approx. 17 mn) • Ulysse — Op. 22 — flute and percussion — 1980 — Chamber music — Transatlantiques — variable (approx. 12 mn) • Ulysse — Op. 22? — 2 flutes — 1980? — Chamber music — unpublished — variable (approx. 12 mn) • Orion II — Op. 23 — five brasses, piano and two percussions — 1982 — Chamber music — Salabert — variable (approx. 20 mn) • Orion III — Op. 24 — Piano — 1982 — Solo instrument — Salabert — 00:10:00 • Nocturnes — Op. 25 — clarinet (in A and Bb) and piano — 1984 — Chamber music — Salabert — 00:12:00 • Lit de Neige — Op. 26 — soprano and nineteen instruments — 1984 — Vocal music — Salabert — 00:20:00 • Le Miroir, Sept répliques pour un opéra possible — Op. 27 — mezzo-soprano and orchestra — 1987 — Vocal music — Salabert — 00:20:00 • La chevelure de Bérénice — Op. 28 — instrumental ensemble (20 players) — 1987 — Instrumental ensemble — Salabert — variable (approx. 20 mn) • Miroir 2 (Five pieces for string quartet) — Op. 29 — string quartet — 1989 — String quartet — Salabert — 00:18:00 • Quatuor III — Op. 30 — string quartet — 1994 — String quartet — Salabert — variable • Trois fragments de Michel-Ange — Op. 31 — soprano, flute (and flute in G) and piano — 1995 — Vocal music — Salabert — 00:07:30 • Les Possédés — 1971 — Incidental music — Unpublished — 00:07:00 • Akara — tape — 1967 — Incidental music — Unpublished — 00:20:00 • Le repos du septième jour — 3 flutes (also fl. in G and picc.) and 2 percussions — 1965 — Incidental music — Unpublished — 00:27:00 • Tic Tac — For tape (1 track) — 1959 — Incidental music — 00:08:40 • Ricercare — Organ — Early works — Unpublished • Etude 1 — tape (2 tracks) — 1956 — Early works — Unpublished — 00:03:00 • Escholier de merencolie — For solo voice — 1956 — Early works — Unpublished • Trois pièces — Piano — 1955 — Early works — Unpublished — approx. 4 mn 30 • Sonate — Violin — 1953 — Early works — Unpublished — approx. 7 mn • Quatre pièces — For violin and cello — 1952 — Early works — Unpublished • Passacaglia — Piano — 1952 — Early works — Unpublished — approx. 5 mn • Signes — For flute, piano and two percussions — 1961 — Works withdrawn from the catalogue — Unpublished — approx. 11 mn • Les enfants de la nuit — For tape — 1992 — Incidental music

André Boucourechliev was born on 28 July 1925 in Sofia. Boucourechliev held the nationality of France. Boucourechliev was educated at École Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot. Boucourechliev studied under Walter Gieseking. Married to: Jeanne Boucourechliev-Bayet. Boucourechliev worked as composer, musicographer, music critic and musicologist, and the authority record catalogues a further 1 occupations under the same name, among them pianist. The fields Boucourechliev worked in include opera. Boucourechliev worked in French.

• Schumann, 1956 (French), 1959 (English), 2010 (Bulgarian) • Chopin: eine Bildbiographie, 1962 (German), 1963 (English) • Beethoven, 1963 (French) • Stravinsky, 1982 (French), 1987 (English) • Essai sur Beethoven, 1991 • Le langage musical, 1993 • Dire la musique, 1995 • Regards sur Chopin, 1996 (French), 2010 (Bulgarian) • Debussy. La révolution subtile, 1998 (French),

Boucourechliev worked between 1925 and 1997 across composer, musicographer, music critic, musicologist and pianist. The registers place that work in opera. This article rests on 46 catalogued compositions, 18 published texts, 6 issued recordings and 5 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

André Boucourechliev studied at École Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot. Training under Walter Gieseking is recorded. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is classical music. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Distinctions recorded are Legion of Honour and Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.

• Grand Prix Musical de la Ville de Paris, 1976 • Grand Prix National de la Musique, 1984 • Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres • Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur