Messiaen: Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps

Klappentext An examination of the popular Quartet for the End of Time by Olivier Messiaen. Zusammenfassung This book is about the popular Quartet for the End of Time by Messiaen! which was first performed in 1941. The book describes how the work was composed in a prisoner-of-war camp and discusses the music in detail. Like most of Messiaen's music! the Quartet is strongly Christian in inspiration. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. 'Liturgie de cristal'; 2. 'Vocalise, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du temps'; 3. 'Abîme des oiseaux'; 4. 'Intermède'; 5. 'Louange à l'éternité de Jésus'; 6. 'Danse de la fureur, pour les septs trompettes'; 7. 'Fouillis d'arcs-en-ciel, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du temps'; 8. 'Louange à l'Immortalité de Jésus'; 9. Contexts.

Product details

• Authors: Pople Anthony, Anthony Pople, Anthony (University of Southampton) Pople
• Assisted by: Julian Rushton (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.07.1998
• EAN: 9780521585385
• ISBN: 978-0-521-58538-5
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: Cambridge Music Handbooks; Cambridge Music Handbooks
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music