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100 1  Rischin, Rebecca,|d1967-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       names/n2003080417 
245 10 For the end of time :|bthe story of the Messiaen quartet /
       |cRebecca Rischin. 
264  1 Ithaca, N.Y. :|bCornell University Press,|c2003. 
300    xii, 175 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes discography (pages 135-138), bibliographical 
       references (pages 155-159), and index. 
505 0  The quartet begins -- The quartet in prison -- Preparing 
       the premiere -- Intermède -- The premiere -- The quartet 
       free -- After the quartet -- Into eternity. 
520    Publisher's description: Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was 
       one of the great composers of the twentieth century. The 
       premiere of the French composer's Quartet for the End of 
       Time on January 15, 1941 at -4 degrees Fahrenheit in 
       Stalag VIII A, a Nazi prison camp, has been called one of 
       the great stories of twentieth-century music. A devout 
       Catholic with an interest in mysticism and the 
       supernatural, Messiaen was also a poet and an accomplished
       amateur ornithologist. He mixed sounds as a painter mixes 
       colors, associating specific shades with certain modes and
       chords. This book is the first comprehensive history of 
       the composition and premiere of the Quartet for the End of
       Time. Based on testimonies by the musicians and their 
       families, witnesses to the premiere, former prisoners, and
       on documents from Stalag VIII A, For the End of Time 
       examines the events that led to the Quartet₂s composition,
       the experiences of the musicians in the camp, the 
       contradictory accounts, the composer's interpretive 
       preferences, and the musicians' problems in execution and 
       how they affected the premiere and subsequent 
       performances. Rebecca Rischin explores the musicians' life
       in the prison camp, their relationships with each other 
       and with the German camp officials, and their intriguing 
       fortunes before and after the momentous premiere. For the 
       End of Time is distinguished by Rischin's extensive 
       interviews and intimate correspondence with camp survivors
       who witnessed the Quartet's premiere and members of the 
       Messiaen circle, including the cellist Etienne Pasquier 
       and the violinist Jean Le Boulaire, relatives of the 
       clarinetist Henri Akoka, and Messiaen's widow, Yvonne 
       Loriod. The book is generously illustrated with 
       photographs of the musicians, press releases from the 
       premiere, autographs, letters, and pen-and-ink drawings of
       the camp's layout. Included are wartime photos of the camp
       and its prisoners along with present-day views of the camp
       site, which Rischin visited in 1995. 
600 10 Messiaen, Olivier,|d1908-1992.|tQuatuor pour la fin du 
       temps.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no93028312 
647  7 World War|d(1939-1945)|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast
       /1180924 
650  0 Prisoners of war as musicians|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/subjects/sh2003002129|zFrance.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006404-781 
650  0 Prisoners of war as musicians|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/subjects/sh2003002129|zGermany.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80125931-781 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|xPrisoners and prisons.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148472 
650  0 Music|xFirst performances|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       subjects/sh85088792|zGermany.|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/names/n80125931-781 
650  7 Prisoners of war as musicians.|2fast|0https://
       id.worldcat.org/fast/1077256 
650  7 Music|xFirst performances.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/
       fast/1030325 
651  7 France.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204289 
651  7 Germany.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1210272 
856 41 |3Table of contents|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip044
       /2003011589.html 
856 42 |3Book review (H-Net)|uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-
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