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Olivier Messiaen

Olivier Messiaen
  • Name: Olivier Messiaen
  • Birthday: 1908-12-10
  • Place of birth: Avignon, France
  • Popularity: 0.26
Biography: Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist who was one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex; harmonically and melodically he employs a system he called modes of limited transposition, which he abstracted from the systems of material generated by his early compositions and improvisations. He wrote music for chamber ensembles and orchestra, vocal music, as well as for solo organ and piano, and also experimented with the use of novel electronic instruments developed in Europe during his lifetime. Messiaen entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 11 and studied... Read More

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Title Release date
Olivier Messiaen: The Crystal Liturgy   as  Self 1997-01-01
A Private Music Lesson with Yvonne Loriod   as  Self 1991-01-01
Olivier Messiaen and the Birds   as  Self 1973-04-22
The Great Rehearsals: Homage to Edgard Varèse   as  Self 1966-04-20
The Great Rehearsals: Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum   as  Self 1965-11-11