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Messiaen Studies

By Robert Sholl (Editor)
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By Robert Sholl (Editor)
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The French composer Olivier Messiaen is one of the major figures of twentieth-century music. This collection of scholarly essays offers new cultural, historical, biographical and analytical perspectives on Messiaen's musical oeuvre from 1941 to 1992. The volume includes: a fascinating snapshot of Messiaen's life in occupied France; a study of the Surrealist poetics of Messiaen's song cycle Harawi; a chapter on Messiaen's iconoclastic path to the avant-garde heritage that he bequeathed to hi...

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Music, Film & Performing ArtsMusicMusic Theory & CompositionClassical MusicMusic - General & MiscellaneousModern Classical Music (c. 1900 - c. 1945)Aesthetics of MusicModern Classical Music - General & MiscellaneousGeneral & Miscellaneous MusicPost-Modern Classical Music (c. 1945 - )