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Olivier Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques (Landmarks in Music Since 1950)
Olivier Messiaen Oiseaux exotiques - Landmarks in Music Since 1950
Author: Nigel Simeone, Peter Hill
What makes "Oiseaux exotiques" so important is that it is arguably the first of Messiaen's major works to create a successful synthesis between his music and his passion for ornithology. The earliest composition to use birdsong to a significant extent was the "Quatuor pour la fin du Temps" (1940-41). A newspaper interview a few years later ("Fra...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780754656302
ISBN-10: 0754656306
Publication Date: 7/30/2007
Pages: 140
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Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co
Book Type: Hardcover
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