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Performing Messiaen's Organ Music
Jon Gillock
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Description for Performing Messiaen's Organ Music
hardcover. Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was the most influential composer for the organ in the 20th century. Using Messiaen's own analytical and aesthetic notes as a point of departure, this title offers commentary on the performance of Messiaen's 66 organ works. It provides background information on the composition and premiere of each piece. Num Pages: 428 pages, 7 b&w illus., 35 musical exx. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; AVRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 38. Weight in Grams: 817.
Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992) was the most influential composer for the organ in the 20th century. Shaped by French tradition as well as the innovations of Debussy, Stravinsky, and Bartók, Messiaen developed a unique style that would become his signature. Using Messiaen's own analytical and aesthetic notes as a point of departure, Jon Gillock offers detailed commentary on the performance of Messiaen's 66 organ works. Gillock provides background information on the composition and premiere of each piece, a translation of Messiaen's related writings, and a systematic explanation of performance considerations. Gillock also supplies details about the organ at La Trinité in Paris, the instrument for which most of Messiaen's pieces were imagined.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
Number of Pages
428
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253353733
SKU
V9780253353733
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About Jon Gillock
Jon Gillock studied with Messiaen at the Paris Conservatory and premiered several of his late organ works in the United States and Japan. Gillock has performed several concerts on the organ at La Trinité in Paris, the church at which Messiaen served as organist for more than 60 years.
Reviews for Performing Messiaen's Organ Music
Performing Messiaen's Organ Music provides an essential reference for organists and a useful guide for all interpreters of Messiaen. Rich with historical background, descriptive analysis, and subjective insight, it makes these towering works more intelligible to organists and will enable them to consult an authoritative source for their performances.
Notes
[This] book . . . has been acclaimed for its exhaustive scope and insights. Nov. 16, 2011
New York Times
Performing Messiaen's Organ Music is a significant contribution to both the Messiaen literature as well as to performance practice in general. . . . [T]hrough his numerous interpretative insights about Messiaen's organ works, Gillock has shown himself to be not only a first-rate artist but also a fabulous teacher of a music whose beauty and grandeur reflect the qualities of the French Romantic-symphonic organ school from which it emerged.16.1 2011
Performance Practice review
For anyone who plays Messiaen on the organ, this is a book to treasure.
Music & Vision
Gillock excels at conveying his understanding of the meaning and spirit of the pieces, and this aspect forms the core of the book. . . . With the most complete primary-source guide in English to the performance of this music, Gillock presents an invaluable and deeply felt manual. . . . [He] . . . imparts vividly in words the involvement and passion the performer needs in order to bring the music to life, encouraging the player again and again to feel the gesture. September 1, 2010
The Diapason
Drawing on intensive experience with the music and his close relationship with Messiaen, the author provides organists and others interested in this music with an engaging, accessible narrative that sheds much new light on Messiaen's complex music, which has confounded performers for many years. . . . Highly recommended.July 2010
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Notes
[This] book . . . has been acclaimed for its exhaustive scope and insights. Nov. 16, 2011
New York Times
Performing Messiaen's Organ Music is a significant contribution to both the Messiaen literature as well as to performance practice in general. . . . [T]hrough his numerous interpretative insights about Messiaen's organ works, Gillock has shown himself to be not only a first-rate artist but also a fabulous teacher of a music whose beauty and grandeur reflect the qualities of the French Romantic-symphonic organ school from which it emerged.16.1 2011
Performance Practice review
For anyone who plays Messiaen on the organ, this is a book to treasure.
Music & Vision
Gillock excels at conveying his understanding of the meaning and spirit of the pieces, and this aspect forms the core of the book. . . . With the most complete primary-source guide in English to the performance of this music, Gillock presents an invaluable and deeply felt manual. . . . [He] . . . imparts vividly in words the involvement and passion the performer needs in order to bring the music to life, encouraging the player again and again to feel the gesture. September 1, 2010
The Diapason
Drawing on intensive experience with the music and his close relationship with Messiaen, the author provides organists and others interested in this music with an engaging, accessible narrative that sheds much new light on Messiaen's complex music, which has confounded performers for many years. . . . Highly recommended.July 2010
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