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Apr 6, 2008 · The music of Olivier Messiaen, at the organ in 1972, is the focus of a number of centennial concerts in New York. George Tames/The New York Times. By Anthony Tommasini. April 6, 2008. ORIGINALITY ...
Five essential works by Messiaen - Classical Music
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Olivier Messiaen (født 10. december 1908, død 27. april 1992) var en fransk komponist, organist og ornitolog – en af det 20. århundredes største komponister. Hans musik er rytmisk komplekst (han var interesseret i rytmer fra oldgræske og hinduistiske kilder); harmonisk og melodisk er det baseret på modi med begrænsede transpositionsmuligheder, som han udtrak fra sine tidlige værker og improvisationer.
Citation. Mr. Olivier Messiaen is the greatest composer to have emerged from 20th century France. An organist who studied musical composition and related subjects at Conservatoire de Paris, he has since become steadily more involved in composition. He has written theoretical work such as “Technique de Mon Langage Musical” and as an educator ...
French composer, organist, and teacher born 10 December 1908 in Avignon; died 27 April 1992 in Clichy (a suburb of Paris). Messiaen was born into a literary family. His mother, poet Cécile Sauvage, wrote L’Âme en bourgeon [“The Bourgeoning Soul”] while pregnant with her son, a collection of poems which Messiaen would later recognise as ...
This is a list of compositions by Olivier Messiaen. Works are listed initially by genre and can be sorted chronologically by clicking on the "Date" header. Messiaen's compositions include works for chamber ensemble, orchestra, vocal music, music for piano and organ, as well as some of the earliest electronic music, with his use of the ondes ...
