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Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. One of the major composers of the 20th century, he was also an outstanding teacher of composition and musical analysis. Messiaen entered the Conservatoire de Paris at age 11 and studied with Paul Dukas, Maurice Emmanuel, Charles-Marie Widor and Marcel Dupré, among others. He was appointed organist at the Église de la Sainte-Trinité, Paris, in 1931, a post he held for 61 years, until his death. He taught at the Schola Cantorum de Paris during the 1930s. After the fall of France in 1940, Messiaen was interned for nine months in the German prisoner of war camp Stalag VIII-A, where he composed his Quatuor pour la fin du temps for the four instruments available in the prison—piano, violin, cello and clarinet. The piece was first performed by Messiaen and fellow prisoners for an audience of inmates and prison guards. Soon after his release in 1941, Messiaen was appointed professor of harmony at the Paris Conservatoire. In 1966, he was appointed professor of composition there, and he held both positions until retiring in 1978. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Messiaen) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
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Catalogue d'oiseaux, pour piano, Livre II: 4 Le Traquet Stapazin
Olivier Messiaen
Albums See All
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Messiaen: 8 Préludes & 4 Études de rythme
2025
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Olivier Messiaen: Catalogue d'oiseaux & Petites esquisses d'oiseaux
2025
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Bach - Emler - Escaich - Messiaen - Naegelen
2025
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Boulez A-Z: Messiaen - Ravel
2025
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Olivier Messiaen: Les Offrandes Oubliées - Gustav Mahler: Totenfeier
2025
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Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du Temps
2024
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Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus, Petites Esquisses d'Oiseaux
2024
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Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie
2024
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Messiaen / Duruflé: Französische Orgelmusik
2024
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Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2; Messiaen: Quatour pour la fin du Temps
2024
Singles & EPs See All
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Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie: V. Joie du sang des étoiles
Single • 2024
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Messiaen: Visions de l'Amen: I. Amen de la Création
Single • 2024
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Fugue (À Quatre Parties, Premier Prix 1926, Concours de Fugue)
Single • 2022
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Reading Messiaen (Contemporary Classical for Steel Guitar)
EP • 2022
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Vocalise-Etude (Arr. for Organ)
Single • 2021
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Water (From "Fête des belles eaux") [Recomposed by Maya Beiser]
Single • 2019
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Messiaen: Messe de la Pentecôte (À l'orgue de la Sainte-Trinité de Paris)
EP • 2019
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Messiaen: La colombe (from Preludes for Piano)
Single • 2019
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Fauré: Prelude No. 1 in D-Flat Major, Op. 103
Single • 2019
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Boulanger: Prelude in D-Flat Major
Single • 2019
Videos See All
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Messiaen - Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus (arr. Matias Tozzola) Edith Pageaud
Edith Pageaud • 42K views
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Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus - Olivier Messaien
2nametunim • 1.2K views
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The Polyphonists — "O sacrum convivium!" (Olivier Messiaen)
The Polyphonists • 31K views
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Messiaen - Dieu parmi nous (Organ @ Rouen,France)
Hauptwerkorgan • 176K views
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Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen
Arepo Films • 55K views
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J.S.Bach Concerto d-moll BWV596 Live Visual Performance
Megumi Hamaya • 936 views