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Baggech, Melody Ann (1998). An English translation of Olivier Messiaen's "Traite de Rythme, de Couleur, et d'Ornithologie". Norman: The University of Oklahoma.
Bauer, Dorothee (2023). Olivier Messiaen's Livre du Saint Sacrement Mystery of the Eucharistic Presence. Paderborn: Brill Schöningh, edited and translated by David Vogels
Barker, Thomas (2012). "The Social and Aesthetic Situation of Olivier Messiaen's Religious Music: Turangalîla Symphonie". International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music 43/1:53–70.
Benitez, Vincent P. (2000). "A Creative Legacy: Messiaen as Teacher of Analysis". College Music Symposium 40: 117–139.
Benitez, Vincent P. (2001). Pitch Organization and Dramatic Design in Saint François d'Assise of Olivier Messiaen. PhD diss., Bloomington: Indiana University.
Benitez, Vincent P. (2002). "Simultaneous Contrast and Additive Designs in Olivier Messiaen's Opera Saint François d'Assise" Music Theory Online 8.2 (August 2002).
Benitez, Vincent P. (2004). "Aspects of Harmony in Messiaen's Later Music: An Examination of the Chords of Transposed Inversions on the Same Bass Note". Journal of Musicological Research 23, no. 2: 187–226.
Benitez, Vincent P. (2004). "Narrating Saint Francis's Spiritual Journey: Referential Pitch Structures and Symbolic Images in Olivier Messiaen's Saint François d'Assise". In Poznan Studies on Opera, edited by Maciej Jablonski, 363–411.
Benitez, Vincent P. (2008). "Messiaen as Improviser". Dutch Journal of Music Theory 13, no. 2 (May 2008): 129–144.
Benitez, Vincent P. (2009). "Reconsidering Messiaen as Serialist". Music Analysis 28, nos. 2–3 (2009): 267–299 (published 2011-04-21).
Benitez, Vincent P. (2010). "Messiaen and Aquinas". In Messiaen the Theologian, edited by Andrew Shenton, 101–126. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Benítez, Vincent Pérez (2019). Olivier Messiaen's Opera, Saint François d'Assise. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-04287-3.
Boivin, Jean (1993). La Classe de Messiaen: Historique, reconstitution, impact. Ph.D. diss. Montreal: Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal.
Boswell-Kurc, Lilise (2001). Olivier Messiaen's Religious War-Time Works and Their Controversial Reception in France (1941–1946). Ph.D. diss. New York: New York University.
Bruhn, Siglind. . Hillsdale, New York: Pendragon Press. 2007. ISBN 978-1-57647-129-6.
Burns, Jeffrey Phillips (1995). Messiaen's Modes of Limited Transposition Reconsidered. M.M. thesis, Madison: University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Cheong Wai-Ling (2003). "Messiaen's Chord Tables: Ordering the Disordered". Tempo 57, no. 226 (October): 2–10.
Cheong Wai-Ling (2008). "Neumes and Greek Rhythms: The Breakthrough in Messiaen's Birdsong". Acta Musicologica 80, no. 1:1–32.
Dingle, Christopher (2013). Messiaen's Final Works. Farnham, UK: Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-0633-8.
Fallon, Robert Joseph (2005). Messiaen's Mimesis: The Language and Culture of the Bird Styles. Ph.D. diss. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley.
Fallon, Robert (2008). "Birds, Beasts, and Bombs in Messiaen's Cold War Mass". The Journal of Musicology 26, no. 2 (Spring): 175–204.
Festa, Paul. . San Francisco: Bar Nothing Books. 2008.
Goléa, Antoine. . Paris: Julliard. 1960.
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Griffiths, Paul; Nichols, Roger. . Latham, Alison  (编).  new. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0-19-866212-9 –Internet Archive.  含有內容需登入查看的頁面 (link)
Hardink, Jason M. (2007). Messiaen and Plainchant. D.M.A. diss. Houston: Rice University.
Harris, Joseph Edward (2004). Musique colorée: Synesthetic Correspondence in the Works of Olivier Messiaen. Ph.D. diss. Ames: The University of Iowa.
Hill, Matthew Richard (1995). Messiaen's Regard du silence as an Expression of Catholic Faith. D.M.A. diss. Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Laycock, Gary Eng Yeow (2010). Re-evaluating Olivier Messiaen's Musical Language from 1917 to 1935. Ph.D. diss. Bloomington: Indiana University, 2010.
Luchese, Diane (1998). Olivier Messiaen's Slow Music: Glimpses of Eternity in Time. Ph.D. diss. Evanston: Northwestern University
McGinnis, Margaret Elizabeth (2003). Playing the Fields: Messiaen, Music, and the Extramusical. Ph.D. diss. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Nelson, David Lowell (1992). An Analysis of Olivier Messiaen's Chant Paraphrases. 2 vols. Ph.D. diss. Evanston: Northwestern University
Ngim, Alan Gerald (1997). Olivier Messiaen as a Pianist: A Study of Tempo and Rhythm Based on His Recordings of Visions de l'amen. D.M.A. diss. Coral Gables: University of Miami.
Peterson, Larry Wayne (1973). Messiaen and Rhythm: Theory and Practice. Ph.D. diss. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Puspita, Amelia (2008). The Influence of Balinese Gamelan on the Music of Olivier Messiaen. D.M.A. diss. Cincinnati: University of Cincinnati
Reverdy, Michèle. . Paris: Alphonse Leduc. 1988. ISBN 978-2-85689-038-7.
Rischin, Rebecca.  new. Cornell University Press. 2006. ISBN 978-0-8014-7297-8.
Schultz, Rob (2008). "Melodic Contour and Nonretrogradable Structure in the Birdsong of Olivier Messiaen". Music Theory Spectrum 30, no. 1 (Spring): 89–137.
Schloesser, Stephen. . Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. 2014. ISBN 9780802807625.
Shenton, Andrew (1998). The Unspoken Word: Olivier Messiaen's 'langage communicable'. Ph.D. diss. Cambridge: Harvard University.
Shenton, Andrew. . Abingdon, Oxon & New York: Routledge. 2008. ISBN 978-0-7546-6168-9.
Shenton, Andrew (编). . Abingdon, Oxon & New York: Routledge. 2010. ISBN 978-0-7546-6640-0.
Sholl, Robert. . Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press. 2008. ISBN 978-0-521-83981-5.
Sholl, Robert. . Reaktion Books. 2024. ISBN 978-1789148657.
Simeone, Nigel (2004). "'Chez Messiaen, tout est priére': Messiaen's Appointment at the Trinité". The Musical Times 145, no. 1889 (Winter): 36–53.
Simeone, Nigel (2008). "Messiaen, Koussevitzky and the USA". The Musical Times 149, no. 1905 (Winter): 25–44.
Waumsley, Stuart.  new. Paris: Alphonse Leduc. 1975. LCCN 77-457244. OCLC 2911308.
Welsh Ibanez, Deborah (2005). Color, Timbre, and Resonance: Developments in Olivier Messiaen's Use of Percussion Between 1956–1965. D.M.A. diss. Coral Gables: University of Miami
Zheng, Zhong (2004). A Study of Messiaen's Solo Piano Works. Ph.D. diss. Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong.