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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Olivier Messiaen"”.
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Sonority and Linear Structure in Three Early Works of Olivier Messiaen
<p>In this study I examine three early works of Olivier Messiaen: the motet <em>O sacrum convivium</em> (1937), "La colombe" from the eight piano preludes (1928-9), and the closing passage of "La fiancée perdue" from the song cycle <em>Trois méodies</em> (1930). All three works exhibit varying …
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The French Piano Prelude: Elizabeth Jacquet De La Guerre To Olivier Messiaen
… de la Guerre, Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy, Olivier Messiaen and Cécile Chaminade.
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Understanding the Organ Music of Olivier Messiaen: Optical Illusions Versus Aural Realities
In this thesis, I examine the organ music of Olivier Messiaen both from the viewpoint of a theorist and as an organist. I assert that not only his influences, but also his in-depth understandings of the mutations stops of the organ and what pitches are produced by using these stops inform …
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Liberation of the Senses: An Exploration of Sound-color Synesthesia in the Music of Alexander Scriabin and Olivier Messiaen
… presented on the synesthesia-inspired music of Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) and Alexander Scriabin (1872-1914). Special attention will be given to the comparison of Scriabin's Prometheus (1911), a piece calling for the projection of colored light to accompany the music as a visual representation …
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Doctoral thesis recital (cello)
Quatuor pour la fin du temps / Olivier Messiaen -- Requiem, op.66 / David Popper.
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Doctoral thesis recital (clarinet) chamber
Quatuor pour la fin du temps / Olivier Messiaen (with: Roman Yearian, violin ; Matt Armbruster, cello ; Farshad Tahvildar-Zadeh, piano).
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"Messiaen's ""Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus"": A historical and pedagogical study"
In the preface to the score of Vingt Regards, Olivier Messiaen states that in the composition he was searching for a language of mystical love. With that preface, the investigator explained how this programmatic piano cycle can be interpreted by the performer and listener. Messiaen's musical …
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Powerful Structures: The Wind Music of Ida Gotkovsky in Theory and Practice
… Ravel, and more significantly to her teachers Olivier Messiaen and Nadia Boulanger. Having published more than twenty-two works for wind orchestra, Gotkovsky’s output for the medium has been continuous and impressive in scope. Her work represents bridges twentieth century French musical styles …
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An Analysis of Periodic Rhythmic Structures in the Music of Steve Reich and György Ligeti
… with a discussion of the music and writings of Olivier Messiaen as a precedent for the periodic structures in the music of Reich and Ligeti. I continue by consulting the writings of the Israeli musicologist Simha Arom and describing the usefulness of his ideas and terminology in the development …
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Percy Graingers's "The Warriors--Music to an Imaginary Ballet". Innovations in orchestration. The addition of the melodic percussion section as an equal force in 20th century orchestral writing
… will be made to the compositions of Carl Orff, Olivier Messiaen and a number of late 20th century composers.
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Irreverent Faith: Neoclassicism, Catholicsm, and Humor in Francis Poulenc's Sacred Choral-Orchestral Works
… of sacred mysteries by composers like Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992). Poulenc's sacred choral-orchestral compositions, however, leave a different impression. Certain movements of the Stabat Mater (1950) and Gloria (1960) are definitely not serious; Poulenc seems to disregard the meaning …
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Comparative philology, French music, and the composition of Indo-Europeanism from Fétis to Messiaen.
… This root system flourishes in the music of Olivier Messiaen, whose rhythmic technique is revisited in light of manuscript materials. From his borrowings of early Indian metres (deśītālas) through his hyperformalist ‘Mode de valeurs et d’intensités’, Messiaen’s rhythmic style is radically …
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"An analysis of ""Seven Last Words from the Cross"" (1993) by James Macmillan"
… Scandinavian and European composers including Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Alfred Schnittke (1943-1998), and Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971). His cantata for choir and strings Seven Last Words from the Cross, was commissioned by BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) television, composed in 1993, …
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Sacred A Cappella Composition in France from Pius X to Vatican II
… Duruflé (1902-1987), Jean Langlais (1907-1991), Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), and Francis Poulenc (1899-1963). All were born in France during the Third Republic. This dissertation investigates and analyzes the <em>a cappella</em> literature under consideration with the aim of clarifying its …
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1981: One or Several Aesthetics?
Gilles Deleuze’s monograph on Francis Bacon, The Logic of Sensation (1981), proposes a theory of aesthetic experience that prioritizes the material depths of sensation over stable, identifiable forms. Deleuze’s key references in The Logic of Sensation to playwright Antonin Artaud arouse the …