"Messiaen's ""Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus"": A historical and pedagogical study"
type: CreativeWork
description: 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 language and the representation of its religious symbolism in the score were examined.
abstract: 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 language and the representation of its religious symbolism in the score were examined.
author: Seifert, Charles Ernest
language: eng
keywords: Music
date published: 2011-05-07T13:28:29Z
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:25:19Z
provider: University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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