Olivier Messiaen's System of Signs
Subtitle: Notes Towards Understanding His Music
Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co; Ashgate
Published: February 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9780754661689
Subjects: Contemporary popular music; Theory of music & musicology; General; Music
Description: A systematic and detailed examination of the compositional techniques of one of the most significant musicians of the twentieth century, as they relate to his desire to express profound truths about Catholicism.