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Olivier Messiaen (December 10, 1908 – April 27, 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. Messiaen’s music is rhythmically complex (he was interested in rhythms from ancient Greek and from Hindu sources), and is harmonically and melodically based on modes of limited transposition, which were Messiaen’s own innovation. Many of his compositions depict what he termed “the marvellous aspects of the faith”, drawing on his unshakeable Roman Catholicism. He travelled widely, and he wrote works inspired by such diverse influences as Japanese music, the landscape of Bryce Canyon in Utah, and the life of St. Francis of Assisi. Messiaen experienced a mild form of synaesthesia manifested as a perception of colours when he heard certain harmonies. For a short period Messiaen experimented with “total serialism”, in which field he is often cited as an innovator. His style absorbed many exotic musical influences such as Indonesian gamelan (tuned percussion often features prominently in his orchestral works), and he also championed the ondes Martenot.
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 classical composer.
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 classical composer.
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Quartet for the End of Time
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Piano Music Vol. 1
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Ahotep wrote:
He was synesthete chord-color.
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walden_ wrote:
Tiago Sousa & João Correia's Insónia review on Boomkat; "Another one of those incredible records that appears out of nowhere and absolutely floors us - housed in a sublime vinyl edition printed up in an extremely limited run - fans of Nils Frahm, Peter Broderick, Rachels, Max Richter or The Necks - DO NOT MISS!!!!!" read more;http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=246107 last.fm;http://www.last.fm/music/Tiago+Sousa try it; http://bolachas.org/tiago-sousa-insonia-2009 buy it; www.tiagosousa/music
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Hayzi22 wrote:
Olivier Messiaen is my favorite.
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MazaroAnonymous wrote:
Nobody really knows Messiaen at my college anyway.
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MazaroAnonymous wrote:
When hipsters start to like something, they don't own it. This music has EMOTION.
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citruscorp wrote:
hipster garbage
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Equality7-2521 wrote:
Not liking Glass is the first axiom of homosexuality.
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televisionangel wrote:
well you've managed to prove your own ignorance and rudeness on several different levels with that one, great job
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thaumo wrote:
@ tihsymtae: to even mention Glass in same breath as Messiaen is utter faggotry on your part tbh.
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televisionangel wrote:
I'm giving a huge presentation on you in about an hour. wish me luck
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kaplain wrote:
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tihsymtae wrote:
I'm afraid I just don't get it. I guess I'm a little conservative in my musical tastes, or maybe I just don't get what he's trying to do. I'm listening to the Quartet for the End of Time right now. I could see how this might be good programmatic music but as a stand alone piece it doesn't do anything for me. (This is my response to much of Philip Glass' work as well).
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Edelce wrote:
que buena foto
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teimuraz13 wrote:
I have my own musician gods in my head: J.S.Bach, G.F.Handel, C.Debussy, Olivier Messiaen and Arvo Part
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TomBarlow wrote:
Turangalila Symphonie = fucking amazing
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wkn wrote:
My favorite Messiaen piece would have to be Chronochromie.
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Nisstyre56 wrote:
I made this new group for fans of Impressionist music, the other two on Last.fm are a bit...lacking, to say it nicely. http://www.last.fm/group/Impressionist+Music
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robertsona_last wrote:
Louange a l'Eternite de Jesus is amazing. AMAZING
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Edelce wrote:
Aun no me deja de impresionar lo cerca que su obra estaba de la confusión, pasajes endemoniadamente complicados, que incluso parecían improvisación colectiva (como en Turangalila), cada mínusculo detalle de sus piezas está tna bien pensado que da escalofrios pensar en un hombre con tanto perfeccionismo y genio. Saludos
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zunari wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/NO+MORE+ON+TOUR+JOKES
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