Olivier Messiaen
Country of origin:
France
Birthday:
December 10, 1908
Date of death:
April 27, 1992
About Olivier Messiaen
French composer and organist
Olivier Messiaen is one of the most important composers of the 20th century. He was born on December 10, 1908 in Avignon. His father Pierre Messiaen was an English professor who translated the works of William Shakespeare into French. In his youth Olivier Messiaen read Shakespeare’s works in translation. His fascination with Shakespeare’s depiction of human passion and with his magical world also influenced the composers later works.
From 1919 until 1930 he studied at the Conservatoire de Paris. During his studies he was awarded several prizes. In 1931, Messiaen became organist at the Parisian church Saint-Trinité where he would remain organist for more than sixty years. At the outbreak of World War II Messiaen was called up into the French army, as a medical auxiliary rather than an active combatant due to his poor eyesight. In May 1940 he was captured at Verdun. Shortly after his return to Paris in 1941, Messiaen was appointed professor of harmony at the Paris Conservatoire, where he taught until his retirement in 1978. The composer died in 1992 in Paris, shortly before the second performance of his work Saint François d’Assise at the Salzburg Festival.
Many of his works have been published at the Parisian publishing house Alphonse Leduc.
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Author: Olivier MessiaenMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Henry Lemoine
Instrumentation: organProduct number: 22673£12.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Olivier MessiaenMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: UE12127Special Price £17.59 Regular Price £21.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Earle Brown Contemporary Sound SeriesComposer: Robert Ashley | David Behrman | Luciano Berio | Niccolò Castiglioni | Franoc Evangelisti | Charles E. Ives | Alvin Lucier | Bruno Maderna | Yoritsune Matsudaira | Olivier Messiaen | Gordon MummaEditor: Earle BrownInterpreter: Robert Ashley | David Behrman | Severino Gazzelloni | Aloys Kontarsky | Alvin Lucier | Gordon Mumma | Theo Pluemacher | Willy SchweglerMedia Type: 3 CDsEdition: 3 CDs in slipcaseBrand: Wergo
Product number: WER 69402£28.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: György Ligeti | Olivier MessiaenInterpreter: Volker BanfieldMedia Type: CDBrand: Wergo
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Cavaillé-Coll-Orgel in der Kirche der Hl. Madeleine in Paris£8.00Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days
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Pierre Pincemaille an der Hauptorgel (Bernard Dargassies) der Église Saint-Eloi in Dunkerque (Dünkirchen, Französisch Flandern)Media Type: recording mediumsSeries: Organ - Organ Journal
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Instrumentation: organProduct number: IFO00318/19£9.90Supplier out of stock, delivery time unknown -
Composer: Diverse | Olivier MessiaenMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreSeries: Neue Studienpartituren-Reihe
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Instrumentation: piano and small orchestraProduct number: UE34301Special Price £34.00 Regular Price £42.50In stock - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 1 working day -
Composer: Olivier MessiaenMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: piano and small orchestra Piano solo partProduct number: UE13008Special Price £19.99 Regular Price £24.99In stock - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 1 working day -
Livre du Saint Sacrement£12.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days
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Composer: Olivier MessiaenMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Set of parts, Score = piano part UE19978ABrand: Universal Edition
Instrumentation: piano and string quartet String partsProduct number: UE19978BSpecial Price £28.40 Regular Price £35.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Olivier MessiaenMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: PartiturBrand: Universal Edition
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