These new essays written specifically for this volume explore the various aspects of Olivier Messiaen's spiritually committed musical language, drawing on his own remarks in subheadings and prefaces, his biblical and theological citations, his allusions to works of visual art, and on the language spoken directly by the musical tropes themselves.
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In his foreword to the first volume of Messiaen's long-awaited Traite de rythme, de couleur et d'ornithologie, French composer Alain Louvier recognizes his teacher's contribution to contemporary music thinking: To read this treatise is to marvel at the genius of Olivier Messiaen, at his universal spirit, curious about everything, which brings to the waning days of our century a great gust of divine inspiration. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
langage communicable, symmetrical permutations, traquet stapazin, mon langage musical, limited transposition, nouveaux entretiens, petites liturgies, chouette hulotte, merle bleu, first transposition, rhythmic permutations, second transposition, corps glorieux, communicable language, resurrectionem mortuorum, votre amour, rock thrush, symmetrical groups, medieval liturgy, musical language, musical alphabet, musical symbols, musical representation, thirteen pieces Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Olivier Messiaen, Saint Francis, Saint Thomas, Thomas Aquinas, Theme of God, Alphonse Leduc, Claude Samuel, Middle Ages, Ondes Martenot, New York, Yvonne Loriod, Brigitte Massin, Canticle of Brother Sun, Holy Spirit, Paris Leduc, The Father's Contemplation, The Son Contemplating the Son, Harry Halbreich, Olivier Messraen, The Star's Contemplation, Thomas of Celano, First Communion of the Virgin, Olivier Messtaen, Paris Conservatoire, Pierre Boulez New!
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In his foreword to the first volume of Messiaen's long-awaited Traite de rythme, de couleur et d'ornithologie, French composer Alain Louvier recognizes his teacher's contribution to contemporary music thinking: To read this treatise is to marvel at the genius of Olivier Messiaen, at his universal spirit, curious about everything, which brings to the waning days of our century a great gust of divine inspiration. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
langage communicable, symmetrical permutations, traquet stapazin, mon langage musical, limited transposition, nouveaux entretiens, petites liturgies, chouette hulotte, merle bleu, first transposition, rhythmic permutations, second transposition, corps glorieux, communicable language, resurrectionem mortuorum, votre amour, rock thrush, symmetrical groups, medieval liturgy, musical language, musical alphabet, musical symbols, musical representation, thirteen pieces Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Olivier Messiaen, Saint Francis, Saint Thomas, Thomas Aquinas, Theme of God, Alphonse Leduc, Claude Samuel, Middle Ages, Ondes Martenot, New York, Yvonne Loriod, Brigitte Massin, Canticle of Brother Sun, Holy Spirit, Paris Leduc, The Father's Contemplation, The Son Contemplating the Son, Harry Halbreich, Olivier Messraen, The Star's Contemplation, Thomas of Celano, First Communion of the Virgin, Olivier Messtaen, Paris Conservatoire, Pierre Boulez New!
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- Technique of My Musical Language by Oliver Messiaen on 6 pages
- Summa Theologiae: Volume 2, Existence and Nature of God: 1a. 2-11 (Summa Theologiae (Cambridge University Press)) by Thomas Aquinas on 6 pages
- Summa Theologiae by St.Thomas Aquinas on 6 pages
- The Rite of Spring (Dover Miniature Music Scores) by Igor Stravinsky on 4 pages
- The Messiaen Companion by Peter Hill on page 30, page 48, and page 119
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- The New York Schools of Music and the Visual Arts (Studies in Contemporary Music and Culture) by Steven Johnson in Front Matter
- The New York Schools of Music and the Visual Arts (Studies in Contemporary Music and Culture) by Steven Johnson in Front Matter
- Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Cambridge Music Handbooks) by Anthony Pople in Back Matter
- Music of Louis Andriessen by Maja Trochimczyk in Front Matter
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