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9780521584975

Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521584975

  • ISBN10:

    0521584973

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-08-13
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

The Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time) is among the best-known compositions by Olivier Messiaen (1908-92). Like virtually all of his works, it combines the striking technical achievement of Messiaen's rich and attractive musical style with a deeply felt theological inspiration - in this case from the apocalyptic events described in the Book of Revelation, leading to the end of Time itself. Composed while Messiaen was a prisoner-of-war and premiered under extraordinary conditions in Stalag VIIIA in 1941, the work retains a powerful immediacy that has made it a favourite of performers and audiences alike. Anthony Pople's book provides an introduction to Messiaen's style through an examination of this great work, showing how it came to be composed and giving an in-depth assessment of each of its eight movements.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix
Introduction 1(16)
Messiaen's early career 2(5)
Genesis of the Quatuor 7(4)
Theological inspiration 11(3)
First performance 14(3)
1 `Liturgie de cristal'
17(11)
Interpretations
17(3)
Technique
20(8)
2 `Vocalise, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps'
28(12)
Form
28(6)
Colour
34(6)
3 `Abime des oiseaux'
40(7)
Rhythm
41(3)
Birdsong
44(3)
4 `Intermede'
47(6)
Mood
47(4)
Notation
51(2)
5 `Louange a l'Eternite de Jesus'
53(11)
Song
55(2)
Tonality
57(7)
6 `Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes'
64(8)
Texture
65(3)
Shapes
68(4)
7 `Fouillis d'arcs-en-ciel, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du temps'
72(9)
Developments
72(6)
Programme
78(3)
8 `Louange a l'Immortalite de Jesus'
81(7)
Tempo
81(1)
Resolution
82(6)
9 Contexts
88(8)
Public trajectories
88(5)
Private echoes
93(3)
Appendix: Messiaen's modes a transpositions limitees 96(4)
Notes 100(12)
Select bibliography 112(1)
Index 113

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