Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Introduction: Organised delirium 1
6. 1. Surrealism in the 1930s and 40s 19
7. 2. ‘A flayed lion’: Boulez as student 59
8. 3. Serialism and surrealism: Boulez’s instrumental music 1946–8 97
9. 4. Fureur et mystère: the first versions of Boulez’s René Char settings 129
10. 5. The charm of numbers: continuing threads in Boulez’s later music 161
11. Select bibliography 185
12. Index 193