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For the End of Time - The Story of the Messiaen Quartet (Paperback, Updated with New Material)
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For the End of Time - The Story of the Messiaen Quartet (Paperback, Updated with New Material)
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The clarinetist Rebecca Rischin has written a captivating book. . .
. Her research dispels several long-cherished myths about the 1941
premiere. . . . Rischin lovingly brings to life the other musicians
Etienne Pasquier, cellist; Henri Akoka, clarinetist; and Jean Le
Boulaire, violinist who played with Messiaen, the pianist at the
premiere." Alex Ross, The New Yorker "This book offers a wealth of
new information about the circumstances under which the Quartet was
created. Based on original interviews with the performers,
witnesses to the premiere, and documents from the prison camp, this
first comprehensive history of the Quartet's composition and
premiere held my interest from beginning to end. . . . For the End
of Time touches on many things: faith, friendship, creativity,
grace in a time of despair, and the uncommon human alliances that
wartime engenders." Arnold Steinhardt, Chamber Music"The
clarification of the order of composition of the movements is just
one of the minor but cumulatively significant ways in which Rischin
modifies the widely accepted account of the events at Stalag VIII
A. . . . For the End of Time is a thorough and readable piece of
investigative journalism that clarifies some important points about
the Quartet's genesis." Michael Downes, Times Literary Supplement
The premiere of Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time on
January 15, 1941, has been called one of the great stories of
twentieth-century music. Composed while Messiaen (1908 1992) was
imprisoned by the Nazis in Stalag VIII A, the work was performed
under the most trying of circumstances: the temperature, inferior
instruments, and the general conditions of life in a POW camp.Based
on testimonies by the musicians and their families, witnesses to
the premiere, former prisoners, and on documents from Stalag VIII
A, For the End of Time examines the events that led to the
Quartet's composition, the composer's interpretive preferences, and
the musicians' problems in execution and how they affected the
premiere and subsequent performances. Rebecca Rischin explores the
musicians' life in the prison camp, their relationships with each
other and with the German camp officials, and their intriguing
fortunes before and after the momentous premiere. This paperback
edition features supplementary texts and information previously
unavailable to the author about the Quartet's premiere, Vichy and
the composer, the Paris premiere, a recording featuring Messiaen as
performer, and an updated bibliography and discography."
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