21. BBC - Music Profiles - Olivier Messiaen Discographies on BBC Music are supplied by MusicBrainz. If you spot any errors or omissions on this list you can edit olivier messiaen at MusicBrainz. http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artist/gx3n/

@import '/includes/tbenh.css'; Home TV Radio Talk ... BBC Homepage Search for artists and albums Search help. Music Home Genre Blues/Soul/Reggae Classical Classic Pop/Rock Dance ... World Section News Listen Artists/Albums TV/Radio Listings ... Contact Us Like this page? Send it to a friend! ARTISTS Olivier Messiaen Biography Messiaen found birdsong fascinating; he believed birds to be the greatest musicians and considered himself as much an ornithologist as a composer. He notated birdsongs worldwide, and he incorporated birdsong transcriptions into a majority of his music. His innovative use of colour, his personal conception of the relationship between time and music, his use of birdsong, and his intent to express profound religious ideas, all combine to make it almost impossible to mistake a composition by Messiaen for the work of any other western composer. Read more at Wikipedia... You can edit this biography at Wikipedia. Let us know if you find the biography content defamatory or highly offensive. This entry is from Wikipedia , the user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License . Any changes made to the Wikipedia article will not be immediately reflected here. BBC Music Reviews Visions de l'Amen They produce an orchestral range of colour, and there seems to be an eternity of space and time for Messaien's music to vibrate, with its whiffs of incense and flutterings of birdsong.

22. Essentials Of Music - Composers The music of olivier messiaen stands out for the depth of spirituality that lies behind it. He was a highly original composer whose style embraced a http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/composer/messiaen.html

COMPOSERS OLIVIER MESSIAEN Born: December 10, 1908. Avignon, France Died: April 27, 1992. Clichy, France French composer, organist and writer. Messiaen was one of the most original composers of the century and had a strong influence on the next generation of composers. The music of Olivier Messiaen stands out for the depth of spirituality that lies behind it. He was a highly original composer whose style embraced a markedly wide range of influences and reflects his own unique synthesis of these ideas. Messiaen was born in the southern part of France, but he began his studies at the Paris Conservatory at the age of ten. As a student he received the highest honors, and eventually returned to the conservatory to teach from 1941 to 1978. He also served as organist at the Church of the Trinity in Paris. Along with his compositional work, he wrote theoretical works in which he explained the principles of his complex and original musical style. Messiaen's music seems at first very abstract, yet underneath the often difficult surface there are many personal and emotional elements. First and foremost is the strength of his highly mystical Catholic faith. Many of his works amount to personal meditations on the mysteries of this faith. This can be seen in such works as his orchestral Hymne au Saint Sacrament Hymn to the Holy Sacrament ) and works such as Twenty Glances at the Infant Jesus ) for piano and The Lord's Nativity ) for organ. His one opera tells the story of St. Francis of Assisi.

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This is a beta version of NNDB Search: All Names Living people Dead people Band Names Book Titles Movie Titles Full Text for Olivier Messiaen Born: 10-Dec Birthplace: Avignon, France Died: 27-Apr Location of death: Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France Cause of death: unspecified Gender: Male Religion: Roman Catholic Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Composer Nationality: France Executive summary: One of the most unique and uncompromising composers of the modern era, Olivier Messiaen introduced many stylistic innovations into the stagnating classical idiom throughout the course of his career. Very early in his life he began to develop an interest in music, composing and performing on the piano and investigating the scores of various operas. At the age of eleven he enrolled at the Paris Conservatoire, where he would spend a substantial portion of his life attending as a student from 1919 to 1930 and returning as an instructor between 1941 and 1978. By 1929 the year of his first published work, Eight Preludes for Piano he had already developed his own modal system, which he would outline more fully over the next six years.

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25. Olivier Messiaen: The Pursuit Of Divine Dazzlement - Telegraph Find the latest arts and entertainment news from the Telegraph. Your source for art news, entertainment news, books, film and music. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/01/17/bmmess117.xml

26. Olivier Messiaen Filmography at IMDb includes television production of his opera Saint François d Assise. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0582093/

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27. The Musical Times: Olivier Messiaen 1908-1992 olivier messiaen’s death last April at the age of 83 – coincidentally, on the same day as his contemporary and exact opposite, the painter Francis Bacon http://www.musicaltimes.co.uk/archive/obits/199209messiaen.html

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29. Profile Of Olivier Messiaen Influence Amazingly, olivier messiaen learned how to play the piano by himself and by seven years old was already composing music. http://musiced.about.com/od/20thcentury/p/Messiaen.htm

zGCID=" test0" zGCID=" test0 test4" zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') You are here: About Education Music Education Musician Profiles ... 20th Century Composers Profile of Olivier Messiaen Music Education Education Music Education Essentials ... Submit to Digg 20th Century Music Timeline 1961 to 1999 Most Popular Piano Sheets Sheet Music Music and Martin Luther King Guitar Tabs ... Graduation Songs Profile of Olivier Messiaen From Espie Estrella Your Guide to Music Education FREE Newsletter. Sign Up Now! Born: Dec. 10, 1908 Birthplace: Died: April 27, 1992 at Clichy, near Paris Also Known As: Type of Compositions: Messiaen is known for his birdsongs and much of his music was also based on the Catholic faith. He also wrote organ pieces, chamber music and vocal works. Influence: Musical Work: Among his known works are: "Offrandes oubliées", "Nativité du Seigneur", "Quatuor pour la fin du temps", "Trois Petites Liturgies de la présence divine", "Visions de l'amen", "La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ", "Turangalîla-Symphonie", "Chronochromie", "Le Réveil des oiseaux", "Oiseaux exotiques" and "Catalogue d'oiseaux". Interesting Fact: During World War 2, he became a prisoner of war and it was during that time when he wrote "Quatuor pour la fin du temps" (Quartet for the End of Time).

30. Classical Music Navigator: Composers messiaen, olivier (190892) French; mainly Paris-based from c1920 Style/Period Mystical (Exoticist; Impressionist through 1930s) http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/music/comp4.htm

A B C D ... T U V W X Y Z Kabalevsky, Dmitri (1904-87) Russian ; Moscow-based from 1918 Style/Period: Neoromantic (Socialist Realist) Genre Profile: Quantity of Work Produced: extensive Best Known For: stage works derivative orchestral suites piano (solo, w/orch.)- concs. syms. Notable Works: Over. to (the opera) Colas Breugnon [orch.] (1938) The Comedians [suite for small orch. from incidental music to the play ] Op.26 (1940) 24 Preludes [pf] Op.38 (1943-4) Musical Influences: Borodin MIASKOVSKY Prokofiev ... Tchaikovsky ; folk music Kagel, Mauricio (1931-) Argentinian ; Cologne, Germany-based from 1957 Style/Period: European Avant-garde (Experimentalist) Best Known For: multimedia dramatic music music theatre film scores ... Holliger Karg-Elert, Sigfrid (1877-1933) German ; Leipzig-based from c1883 Style/Period: Impressionist Best Known For: solo organ ... Notable Work: Nun danket alle Gott [org] Op.65 no.59 (1908-10) Musical Influences: JS Bach Debussy Grieg ... Scriabin ; Baroque music Khachaturian, Aram (1903-78)

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33. Ionarts: DVD: Olivier Messiaen, Not For The Birds olivier messiaen would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year, on December 10. Conferences and special concerts will mark the centennial year in many http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2008/01/dvd-olivier-messiaen-not-for-birds.html

skip to main skip to sidebar Ionarts SOMETHING OTHER THAN POLITICS ... DVD: Olivier Messiaen, Not for the Birds by Charles T. Downey Tuesday, January 08, 2008 Olivier Messiaen: La liturgie de cristal (2002), directed by Olivier Mille (released November 20, 2007) Olivier Messiaen would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year, on December 10. Conferences and special concerts will mark the centennial year in many cities around the world, and we hope to hear Messiaen's music in concert at some point this year (or at least see a screening of Paul Festa's movie Apparition of the Eternal Church ). This DVD, another in the JuxtaPositions series from Id©ale Audience International (which also features the Pierre Henry DVD recently under review), will have to do until then. [ UPDATE: Dawn Upshaw will sing some of Messiaen's Po¨mes pour Mi at her Terrace Theater recital on January 23.] Olivier Mille's documentary, made for Arte in 2002, examines the influences that make Messiaen's music stand out among composers in the 20th century. There are lots of beautiful images of the American landscapes that so inspired Messiaen, in

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35. Conductor's Notebook: Olivier Messiaen Ninetynine years ago today olivier messiaen drew his first breath in Avignon, France. We remember his birth today because of his signal achievements as a http://altonthompson.blogspot.com/2007/12/olivier-messiaen.html

skip to main skip to sidebar Conductor's Notebook short pieces on various themes Olivier Messiaen Ninety-nine years ago today Olivier Messiaen drew his first breath in Avignon, France. We remember his birth today because of his signal achievements as a composer and organist. Expect to hear more of this composer's works in the concert hall in the coming months as we approach the centenary of his birth. Messiaen (1908-1992) is perhaps best known for his Quartet for the End of Time , composed during his imprisonment in a Nazi camp during the Second World War. The instrumentation was dictated to him by the availability of instrument at the camp. The piece displays the hallmarks of the composer's style: a mystical outlook, octatonic scales, and evocations of birdsong. Other landmark works in his oeuvre include Visions of the Amen Turangal®la Symphony , and the opera Francis of Assisi . His style profoundly influenced subsequent generations of composers, including Boulez, Xenakis, Stockhausen and Gubaidulina. Those seeking an introduction to the composer and a guide to recordings will be well served by a visit to the BBC Olivier Messiaen Music Profile . It never hurts to drop in on Answers.com

36. Olivier Messiaen Translate this page Notice sur la vie et l oeuvre d olivier messiaen. La place dominante qu occupe son oeuvre, la personnalité originale de l homme et du catholique convaincu. http://www.musimem.com/messiaen.htm

OLIVIER MESSIAEN ( 1908 - 1992 ) Olivier Messiaen, vers 1935 ( BNF Richelieu, musique fonds estampes, Messiaen O. 003. ) Musica et Memoria dans son numéro 46 de juin 1992 s’associait à l’événement que représente dans le monde musical la mort d'Olivier Messiaen survenue le 28 avril 1992 à l’hôpital Beaujon (Clichy). Il nous appartient aujourd’hui de consacrer quelques pages à sa carrière et surtout à quelques aspects de l'œuvre de ce grand musicien, l'un des plus importants de la seconde moitié de notre siècle. Lourde tâche en quelques lignes quand on réfléchit à la complexité de sa musique à sa richesse, à la place dominante qu'occupe son œuvre, à la personnalité originale de l'homme et du catholique convaincu. J.H.M. (juillet 1992) Olivier Messiaen en 1929. Détail d'une photo de la classe de composition de Paul Dukas. ( photo X... ) Olivier Messiaen est né en Avignon le 10 décembre 1908 " Je suis un Français des montagnes, comme Berlioz " dira-t-il plus tard. Sa mère, la poétesse Cécile Sauvage, selon le propre aveu du musicien, l'influencera toute sa vie. Il évoquera lui-même une "éducation féerique". Avec son frère Alain, également poète, il déclame les œuvres de Shakespeare. Il découvre peu à peu diverses partitions, notamment celles qui demeureront ses préférées : Orphée de Gluck

37. - Classical Music Dictionary - Free MP3 olivier messiaen Life. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire (191930) with Dukas, Emmanuel and Dupré, and taught there (1941-78) while also serving as http://www.karadar.com/Dictionary/messiaen.html

Composers Biography Languages Olivier Messiaen Life Best Works Photo Gallery Home Page Olivier Messiaen Life He studied at the Paris Conservatoire (1919-30) with Dukas , Emmanuel and Dupré , and taught there (1941-78) while also serving as organist of La Trinité in Paris. Right from his first published work, the eight Preludes for piano (1929), he was using his own modal system, with its strong flavouring of tritones, diminished 7ths and augmented triads. During the 1930s he added a taste for rhythmic irregularity and for the rapid changing of intense colours, in both orchestral and organ works. Most of his compositions were explicitly religious and divided between characteristic styles of extremely slow meditation, bounding dance and the objective unfolding of arithmetical systems. MIDI FILE - from "Vingt Regards": No.3 They include the orchestral L'ascension (1933), the organ cycles La nativité du Seigneur (1935) and Les corps glorieux (1939), the song cycles Poèmes pour Mi (1936) and Chants de terre et de ciel (1938), and the culminating work of this period, the Quatuor pour la fin du temps for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (1941). During the war he found himself surrounded by an eager group of students, including

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Domain='thefreedictionary.com' word='Messiaen, Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles' Printer Friendly 760,131,562 visitors served. TheFreeDictionary Google Word / Article Starts with Ends with Text subscription: Dictionary/ thesaurus Medical dictionary Legal dictionary Financial dictionary Acronyms Idioms Encyclopedia Wikipedia encyclopedia Hutchinson encyclopedia 0.04 sec. write_ads(AdsNum, 0) French composer, organist, and teacher. His music is mystical in character, vividly coloured, and incorporates transcriptions of birdsong. Among his works are the Quartet for the End of Time (1941), the large-scale (1949), and solo organ and piano pieces. As a teacher at the Paris Conservatoire from 1942, he influenced three generations of composers. His theories of melody, harmony, and rhythm, drawing on medieval and oriental music, have inspired contemporary composers such as Boulez and Stockhausen. hut(3) write_ads(AdsNum, 0) Page tools Printer friendly Cite / link Email Feedback Sign in Email: Password: Register Charity('US') Mentioned in No references found Hutchinson browser Full browser Messali, Hadj

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40. Classical Musical Midi, A Good Place To Read A Composers Biography With A List C Here is a except from the Email, I like the olivier messiaen Vision of the olivier messiaen (19081992) was a pupil of Marcel Dupre and Paul Dukas and http://www.classicalmidi.co.uk/messia.htm

OLIVIER MESSIAEN I would like to kindly thank Mark A. Hurley, who has a B.S. in Teacher Education from Towson University in Maryland, who has sent me the following information on the above composer. Here is a except from the Email, I like the Olivier Messiaen "Vision of the Eternal Church." It's in my repetoire and I plan to use it for Easter Sunday. I have programs notes around somewhere about the composition. It MAY sound morbid, but it is a reflection on the Resurrection of Christ and His Eternal Church. It's typical of Messiaen. I heard him premiere one of his compositions in 1971, of which I can't remember. (I think it was La Nativite. ) He performed on the Grand Gallery Organ at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. There are two organs, other being a smaller (but still lrage) transept organ. (The organs were built by M.P. Moller of Hagerstown, MD [closed in 1993]). However here's a thumbnail sketch of him: Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was a pupil of Marcel Dupre and Paul Dukas and the teacher of Boulez and Stockhausen. He was organist of Trinite Church in Paris and professor at the Paris Conservatoire from 1941 to 1976. Uniquely personal in sound, rhythmic complexity, source material and religious symbolism, his organ music (1927-86) is profoundly mystical, an extraordinary coming together of the meditative and the ecstatic, of time released and time contained, of centuries-old French organ style absorbed, transcended and reborn. It should be noted that the organ in Trinite was the same builder of Notre Dame, Sacre Couer and Ste. Clothide, Aristide Cavaille-Coll. He brought the French romantic organ to its zenith in the 19th century. It was on these grand organs that the organ symphonies of Widor, etc., were composed.

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