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Author Chadwick, Roderick, author.

Title Olivier Messiaen's Catalogue d'oiseaux : from conception to performance / Roderick Chadwick, Peter Hill.

Publication Info. Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Music in context
Music in context.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Roderick Chadwick and Peter Hill give a detailed account of the evolution of Olivier Messiaen's Catalogue d'oiseaux for piano solo, from its initial conception in the Black Forest in 1953 to its completion and premiere in the Parisian 'Concerts du Domaine Musical' at the end of the decade. Through close examination of the composer's birdsong cahiers they demonstrate how Messiaen translated nature into music in a way that had a major impact on his later work. They also consider issues of performance, and Messiaen's artistic relationship with his dedicatee and wife-to-be, Yvonne Loriod, including the significance of her two recordings of the cycle. This book illuminates the Catalogue from a variety of angles: its historical significance, as a study of how mimicry of nature can be transformed into music of mesmeric originality, and as a guide that offers a wealth of fresh insights to listeners and performers.
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Content and Context -- 2. Birdsong and the Genesis of Catalogue d'oiseaux -- 3. Beyond the Birdsong of Catalogue d'oiseaux -- 4. Tire First Wave of Composition -- 5. Second Wave of Composition -- 6. Performance -- 7. Postlude.
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Subject Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992. Catalogue d'oiseaux.
Catalogue d'oiseaux (Messiaen, Olivier)
MUSIC -- Musical Instruments -- Piano & Keyboard.
MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Percussion.
Added Author Hill, Peter, 1948- author.
Other Form: Print version: Chadwick, Roderick. Olivier Messiaen's Catalogue d'oiseaux. Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2018 9781107000315 1107000319 (DLC) 2017037841 (OCoLC)1001412118
ISBN 9781108547857 (electronic book)
1108547850 (electronic book)
9780511843679
0511843674
9781107000315
1107000319