Author: Sister Aileen Cohalan
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 39

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Author: Vincent Benitez
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135871310
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 353

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Olivier Messiaen: A Research and Information Guide is a unique bibliographical resource that presents the reader with the most significant and helpful resources on Olivier Messiaen, one of the twentieth century's greatest composers, published between 1930 and 2007. An introductory chapter offers a short biography of Messiaen, a consideration of his musical style and works, and a discussion of Messiaen studies. Chapters 2 and 3 concentrate on the primary literature, organized around manuscript collections, articles and reviews, pedagogical works, lectures and librettos, prefaces, interviews, correspondence, and documentaries and filmed performances. Chapters 4 through 9 focus on the secondary literature, namely, biographical and stylistic studies, topical examinations, discussions of particular works, accounts of Messiaen in works devoted to other topics, reviews of books and significant performances of Messiaen's music, and examinations of source materials on the Internet. A list of works and a selected discography conclude the book.

Author: Claude Samuel
Publisher: Stainer & Bell, Limited
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 154

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Author: Harry Halbreich
Publisher: Fayard
ISBN: 2213644845
Category : Music
Languages : fr
Pages : 516

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L’importance de l’œuvre d’Olivier Messiaen n’a cessé de croître. Plus de quinze ans après sa mort, on peut mesurer l’empreinte qu’il laisse dans l’ensemble du xxe siècle – et au-delà. Dans un ouvrage paru en 1980, Harry Halbreich commentait avec science et admiration les différentes œuvres de son « cher maître ». Son étude se voit ici rééditée et poursuivie : il y traite les œuvres composées après 1980, et en particulier les monumentaux Eclairs sur l’Au-delà..., Livre du Saint Sacrement et l’opéra Saint François d’Assise.Le détail des analyses s’accompagne d’une réflexion remarquablement riche sur tous les aspects de l’apport spécifique de Messiaen au langage musical. Le rôle du pédagogue et sa capacité d’éveiller les jeunes talents reçoit un hommage mérité. Une insistance particulière est mise sur le message théologique dont cette musique est l’expression. Le rayonnement de cette immense personnalité est ainsi célébré avec ferveur l’année du centenaire de sa naissance. Harry Halbreich, qui fut disciple d’Olivier Messiaen au Conservatoire de Paris, est l’auteur d’ouvrages sur Honegger, Debussy et de larges contributions aux Guides – de la musique symphonique, de la musique de piano, de la musique de chambre (Fayard, Indispensables).

Author: Vincent Benitez
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135871302
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 542

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Olivier Messiaen: A Research and Information Guide is a unique bibliographical resource that presents the reader with the most significant and helpful resources on Olivier Messiaen, one of the twentieth century's greatest composers, published between 1930 and 2007. An introductory chapter offers a short biography of Messiaen, a consideration of his musical style and works, and a discussion of Messiaen studies. Chapters 2 and 3 concentrate on the primary literature, organized around manuscript collections, articles and reviews, pedagogical works, lectures and librettos, prefaces, interviews, correspondence, and documentaries and filmed performances. Chapters 4 through 9 focus on the secondary literature, namely, biographical and stylistic studies, topical examinations, discussions of particular works, accounts of Messiaen in works devoted to other topics, reviews of books and significant performances of Messiaen's music, and examinations of source materials on the Internet. A list of works and a selected discography conclude the book.

Author: Vincent Perez Benitez
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415973724
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 334

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Olivier Messiaen: A Research and Information Guide is the first extensive reference work devoted entirely to the life and work of Messiaen, considered by many to be one of the most important composers of the twentieth century. It presents the most significant and helpful sources on Messiaen from 1930 to 2006, including interviews, reviews, topical studies, and biographical and stylistic studies. Annotations provide an overview of each source and point out key concepts.

Author: Olivier Latry
Publisher:
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Category : Music
Languages : fr
Pages : 264

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"Olivier Latry et Loïc Mallié ont bien connu Olivier Messiaen: l'un pour avoir travaillé avec lui ses oeuvres d'orgue, l'autre pour avoir été son élève au Conservatoire de Paris. Par leur rapport privilégié avec le compositeur, ils on pu collecter des informations jusqu'ici inédites qui apportent un regard nouveau sur sa musique. De plus, ils ont pu consulter les propres partitions du compositeur. Olivier Messiaen avait lui-même joué ses oeuvres dans différents pays, sur des orgues de styles variés, voire parfois de natures tout à fait opposées. A chaque fois, il avait pris soin de noter sur un nouvel exemplaire les registrations utilisées, les indications de tempo ou de rubato, les doigtés, et parfois même l'analyse...Cet ouvrage effectue une synthèse de ces diverses sources; il est donc particulièrement destiné aux organistes, qui trouveront ici tous les éclaircissements dont ils ont besoin pour l'interprétation de ces coeuvres. Mais il s'adresse plus largement àtous ceux qui aiment la musique d'Olivier Messiaen: la description détaillée de son langage, ainsi que l'évocation de sa philosophie musicale, théologique et spirituelle leur fourniront les clés pour pénétrer dans l'univers sonore de l'un des musiciens les plus marquants du XXe siècle"--Back cover.

Author: Almut Rössler
Publisher: Gilles & Francke KG Verlag
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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Author: University of Rochester Kerala J. Snyder Professor Emerita of Musicology at The Eastman School of Music
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198032935
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 393

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Because it has always represented a rich collaboration of the music, art, architecture, handicraft and science of its day, the organ, more than any other instrument, continues to reflect the spirit of the age in which it was built. The Organ as a Mirror of its Time, the first book to consider this instrument's historical and cultural significance, reflects the efforts of twenty leading scholars of the organ. The book chronicles the history of six organs in Scandinavia and Northern Germany, at least one specimen for every century from 1600 to the present. By considering their original contexts and their histories since they were built, as well as the extraordinary coincidences that link them together, the book offers a unique perspective on the cultural history of northern Europe. A CD with appropriate repertoire played on each of the six instruments accompanies the book.

Author: Vincent Perez Benitez
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253042895
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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In this comprehensive study of Olivier Messiaen’s magnum opus, Saint François d’Assise, Vincent Perez Benitez examines the opera from both theological and musical-analytical perspectives to ask how Messiaen expresses his Catholic theology through his work. Benitez combines a close reading of the opera score with accounts from Messiaen’s associates, studies of Messiaen’s birdsong notebooks and other primary documents, and an examination of the religious, musical, poetic, and visual arts literature with which the composer was familiar to explore how the opera’s harmonic language and sound-color relationships motivate its musical meaning and expression. Through his analysis of these diverse sources and comparisons of Saint François d’Assise with other works such as Berg’s Wozzeck and Wagner’s Parsifal, Benitez places Messiaen’s compositional practice within larger musical perspectives and historical contexts.