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In 1967, When Olivier Messiaen Agreed To Collaborate On A Book Of Conversations, The Composer Of The Evocative And Grandly Scaled Turangalila-symphonie Was Already Considered One Of The Masters Of Twentieth-century Music. Yet Outside Professional Circles And A Small But Enthusiastic Public, His Works Remained Little Known; He Was Perhaps Most Famous As The Influential Teacher Of Avant-garde Composers Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen, And Iannis Xenakis. Nearly Three Decades Later, The Distinctive Musical Works Of Messiaen Have Achieved The Status Of Contemporary Classics. In The Intervening Years, The Composer Himself Enjoyed Increased Fame Thanks To The Far-reaching Influence Of His Saint Francois D'assise, A Grand Operatic Fresco First Performed In 1983 At The Paris Opera. Honors And Commissions Came In Abundance, Yet Messiaen Never Bound Himself To A Single Compositional Style And Never Stopped Experimenting - With Modes That Give His Works Their Unique Color, With Rhythms Based On Ancient Greek And Indian Models, With Metallic Sonorities Inspired By The Balinese Gamelan, And Above All With Bird Songs. Considering Birds The Greatest Musicians On Our Planet, Messiaen Sought T

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Author

Translater by E.Thomas Glasow

Publisher

Portland, Or.: Amadeus Press

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780931340673

Category

music

Subjects

Memoir, Fiction, Music

Rating

4.41 / 5 (16 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14