Includes bibliographical references (p.[335]-344) and index.
Contents:
Messiaen and Cocteau / Stephen Broad -- L'harmonie de l'univers : mystical and literary influences on the Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus / Edward R. B. Forman -- Messiaen and Dutilleux / Caroline Potter -- Les noces and Trois petites liturgies : an assessment of Stravinsky's influence on Messiaen / Matthew Schellhorn -- From Fête des belles eaux to Saint François d'Assise : the evolution of the writing for ondes Martenot in the music of Olivier Messiaen / Jacques Tchamkerten -- The performance history of Messiaen's Quatre études de rythme / Peter Hill -- Messiaen's chords / Allen Forte -- The record of realism in Messiaen's Oiseaux exotiques / Robert Fallon -- Musical analysis according to Messiaen : a critical view of a most original approach / Jean Boivin -- Messiaen the bibliophile / Gareth Healey -- Observations on time in Olivier Messiaen's traité / Andrew D. J. Shenton -- Lâme en bourgeon / Cécile Sauvage ; translation and introduction by Philip Weller -- Lurçat / Olivier Messiaen -- Dancing Turangalîla : Messiaen and the ballet / Nigel Simeone -- Frescoes and legends : the sources and background of Saint François d'Assise / Christopher Dingle -- The music of Olivier Messiaen and Catholic liturgy / Père Jean-Rodolphe Kars.
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