Musicology Annotation << Back Numerical rows in Boulez’s analytical studies on Stravinsky’s rhythmics Nataliya Reneva This article is devoted to investigation of the peculiar feature of Boulez’s analytical thought — numerical logic in rhythmical structures in Stravinsky’s ballet “The Rite of Spring”. The main source of this article is one of the Boulez’s biggest essays of the 1940-1950-s “Stravinsky demeure”. The operation process of numerical logic is explored on elements of Stravinsky’s rhythmical technique that Boulez determined as technique of rhythmical cells. As means of the numerical interdependence revealing in the ballet Boulez uses reduced recording of the rhythmical values in two types of numerical rows — vertical and horizontal. The result of such analysis is discovery of derivative nature of rhythmical structures in Stravinsky’s ballet, classical methods of serial technique and simple arithmetic operations applied to rhythmical values. Keywords: I. Stravinsky, P. Boulez, rhythmics, analysis, number. Contacts: E-mail: natareneva@gmail.com Pp. 14-19.