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Messiaen

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Description for Messiaen Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 204 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 201 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1522.

The French composer Olivier Messiaen (1908–92) is a musician about whom most remains to be discovered. More than a decade after his death our knowledge of Messiaen is largely conditioned by what he said about himself in lectures and interviews, in his work as a teacher, and in the monumental seven-volume treatise that encompassed the whole of his composing world. But Messiaen’s public documents conceal as much as they reveal, seldom explaining why a work was written or what complexities went into its making. The composer was similarly reticent about his private life.

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Product Details

Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300109078
SKU
V9780300109078
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-16

About Peter Hill
Peter Hill is professor of music at the University of Sheffield. A former student of Messiaen, he is editor of The Messiaen Companion. Nigel Simeone is professor of historical musicology at the University of Sheffield and author of Paris: A Musical Gazetteer, published by Yale University Press.

Reviews for Messiaen
"Far and away the best source of information, at least in English, about the composer's life and work."—David Weininger, The Boston Globe
David Weininger
The Boston Globe

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