Olivier Messiaen
Subtitle: music, art and literature
By: edited by Christopher Dingle, Nigel Simeone.
Contributors: Dingle, Christopher Philip.; Simeone, Nigel, 1956-
Series: Music and literature
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Aldershot, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9780754652977
Subjects: Messiaen, Olivier, -- 1908-1992 -- Criticism and interpretation; Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Music and literature; Art and music
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-344) and index.
Table of contents: title: Messiaen and Cocteau / Stephen Broad; title: 'L'harmonie de l'univers' : Maurice Toesca and the genesis of Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus / Edward Forman; title: Messiaen and Dutilleux / Caroline Potter; title: Les noces and Trois petites liturgies : an assessment of Stravinsky's influence on Messiaen / Matthew Schellhorn; title: From Fête des belles eaux to Saint François d'Assise : the evolution of the writing for Ondes Martenot in the music of Olivier Messiaen / Jacques Tchamkerten; title: Messiaen recorded : the Quatre études de rythme / Peter Hill; title: Messiaen's chords / Allen Forte; title: The record of realism in Messiaen's bird style / Robert Fallon; title: Musical analysis according to Messiaen : a critical view of a most original approach / Jean Boivin; title: Messiaen, bibliophile / Gareth Healey; title: Observations on time in Olivier Messiaen's Traité / Andrew Shenton; title: L'Ame en bourgeon / Cécile Sauvage (translation and afterword by Philip Weller); title: The life and works of Jean Lurçat (1892-1966) / Olivier Messiaen; title: Dancing Turangalîla : Messiaen and the ballet / Nigel Simeone; title: Frescoes and legends : the sources and background of Saint François d'Assise / Christopher Dingle; title: The works of Olivier Messiaen and Catholic liturgy / Père Jean-Rodolphe Kars.