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Focusing on Messiaen's relation to history - both his own and the history he engendered - the Messiaen Perspectives volumes convey the growing understanding of his deep and varied interconnections with his cultural milieux. Messiaen Perspectives 1: Sources and Influences examines the genesis, sources and cultural pressures that shaped Messiaen's music. Messiaen Perspectives 2: Techniques, Influence and Reception analyses Messiaen's compositional approach and the repercussions of his music. While each book offers a coherent collection in itself, together these complementary volumes elucidate how powerfully Messiaen was embedded in his time and place and how his music resonates ever more today.Messiaen Perspectives 1: Sources and Influences presents many new primary sources, including discussion of Messiaen's birdsong cahiers, sketch and archival materials for his Prix de Rome entries and war-time Portique, along with performance practice insights and theological inspiration in works as diverse as Visions de l'Amen, Harawi, Timbres-durees and the organ Meditations. The volume places the composer within a broader historical and cultural framework than has previously been attempted, ranging from specific influences to more general contexts. As a centrepiece, the book includes an examination of the impact of one of the greatest influences upon Messiaen, Yvonne Loriod.

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Book category Books in English The arts Music Music: styles & genres

• Full title: Messiaen Perspectives 1: Sources and Influences
• Author: Robert Fallon
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 388
• EAN: 9781409426950
• ISBN: 1409426955
• ID: 04782730
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Weight: 884 g
• Dimensions: 241 × 158 × 30 mm
• Date of publishing: 08. November 2013

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