List_of_compositions_by_Olivier_Messiaen

List of compositions by Olivier Messiaen

List of compositions by Olivier Messiaen

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This is a list of compositions by Olivier Messiaen. Works are listed initially by genre and can be sorted chronologically by clicking on the "Date" header.

Messiaen (1937)

Messiaen's compositions include works for chamber ensemble, orchestra, vocal music, music for piano and organ, as well as some of the earliest electronic music, with his use of the ondes Martenot in several of his compositions. Messiaen's work is characterised by rhythmic complexity, his interest in ornithology and birdcalls, and his system of modes of limited transposition.

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Treatises

  • Technique de mon langage musical ("The technique of my musical language"). Paris: Leduc, 1944.
  • Vingt leçons d'harmonie ("20 harmony lessons"). Paris: Leduc, 1944.
  • Traité de rythme, de couleur, et d'ornithologie (1949–1992) ("Treatise on rhythm, colour and ornithology"), completed by Yvonne Loriod. 7 parts bound in 8 volumes. Paris: Leduc, 1994–2002.
  • Analyses of the Piano Works of Maurice Ravel, edited by Yvonne Loriod, translated by Paul Griffiths. [Paris]: Durand, 2005.

References

  1. [1]
    Some information comes from the New Grove article on Messiaen. Griffiths, Paul (2001). "Messiaen, Olivier". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.18497. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.
  2. [2]
    Hill & Simeone (2005), p. 120.
  3. [3]
    "Messiaen: Un oiseau des arbres de vie (Oiseau tui)". BBC. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Debussy Études; Messiaen Fauvettes de l'Hérault (Roger Muraro)". Gramophone. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  5. [5]
    Hill & Simeone (2005), p. 162.
  6. [6]
    see this note on errors in the score
  7. [7]
    Hill & Simeone (2005), p. 199, outlines the chronology of Messiaen's compositions of 1951–52 Le merle noir and Livre d'orgue
  8. [8]
    Messiaen, Olivier; Loriod, Yvonne (2001). Feuillets inédits: quatre pièces pour onde Martenot & piano. Durand.
  9. [9]
    Hill & Simeone (2005), p. 25.
  10. [10]
    some scholars suggest composition date of 1930–35, others 1928–31 being related to Le Banquet Céleste of 1928, but most likely this is the Conservatoire examination submission Messiaen mentions in Jan. 1929 (see Christopher Brent Murray, Le développement du langage musical d'Olivier Messiaen, pp. 176–7)
  11. [11]
    "La Fauvette Passerinette – a fascinating Messiaen discovery". Faber Music. Faber & Faber. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  12. [12]
    Messiaen & Samuel (1994), p. 198.

Sources

Further reading

  • Benitez, Vincent P. (2007). Olivier Messiaen: A Research and Information Guide Routledge, New York. ISBN 1138870250
  • Simeone, Nigel (1998). Olivier Messiaen: a Bibliographical Catalogue of Messiaen's Works, First Editions and First Performances. Schneider, Tutzing. ISBN 3795209471
  • Zinke-Bianchini, Virginie (1949). Olivier Messiaen, compositeur de musique et rythmicien : notice biographique, catalogue détaillé des œuvres éditées. L'Émancipatrice, Paris. OCLC 835673162
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