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Messiaen's Final Works (Paperback)
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Messiaen's Final Works (Paperback)
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When Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) completed the vast opera Saint
FranAois d'Assise in 1983, he was mentally and physically
exhausted, and believed that this monumental work would be his
final compositional statement. In fact, he completed seven further
works, and these form the focus of the present study. Christopher
Dingle suggests that, following the crisis provoked by the opera,
Messiaen's music underwent a discernible change in style. He
examines these seven works to identify characteristics of the
composer's music, in particular an often overlooked aspect of his
technique: harmony. Part I of the book begins with a brief
historical survey before discussing Saint FranAois d'Assise as the
work which defines everything that follows. Part II examines the
series of miniatures that came after the opera and their links with
A0/00clairs sur l'Au-DelA ..., his final masterpiece. A0/00clairs
forms the subject of Part III of the book. Each movement is
analysed in turn, before the work is considered as a whole and its
hidden structure and motivic cohesion is revealed. Finally, Part IV
considers the incomplete Concert A 4 and key stylistic features of
the works of Messiaen's final years.
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