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Olivier Messiaen: Music and Color: Conversations with Claude Samuel
Olivier Messiaen Music and Color Conversations with Claude Samuel Author:Claude Samuel Olivier Messiaen is widely revered as a great 20th-century composer. His distinctive music was born of his fascination with experimental modes, complex rhythms, metallic sonorities, and above all, bird songs. In these conversations, Messiaen talks candidly about his sources of inspiration, musical methods, and aesthetic views.