Olivier Messiaen: Music, Art and Literature
- Author: Dingle, Christopher
- Author: Simeone, Nigel
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Contents
- Contents: Editors' note
- Introduction
- Messiaen and Cocteau, Stephen Broad
- L'Harmonie de l'Univers: Maurice Toesca and the genesis of Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus, Edward Forman
- Messiaen and Dutilleux, Caroline Potter
- Les Noces and Trois Petites Liturgies: an assessment of Stravinsky's influence on Messiaen, Matthew Schellhorn
- From FAte des Belles Eaux to Saint FranAois d'Assise: the evolution of the writing for Ondes Martenot in the music of Olivier Messiaen, Jacques Tchamkerten
- Messiaen recorded: Quatre etudes de rythme, Peter Hill
- Messiaen's chords, Allen Forte
- The record of realism in Messiaen's bird style, Robert Fallon
- Musical analysis according to Messiaen: a critical view of a most original approach, Jean Boivin
- Messiaen - bibliophile, Gareth Healey
- Observations on time in Olivier Messiaen's Traite, Andrew D.J. Shenton
- L'A'me en bourgeon, Cecile Sauvage (translation and afterword by Philip Weller)
- The life and works of Jean LurAat, (1892-1966) Olivier Messiaen
- Dancing TurangalA (R)la: Messiaen and the ballet, Nigel Simeone
- Frescoes and legends: the sources and background of Saint FranAois d'Assise, Christopher Dingle
- The music of Olivier Messiaen and the Catholic liturgy, Pere Jean-Rodolphe Kars
- Bibliography
- Index.