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The Messiaen companion / edited by Peter Hill.

Portland, Or. : Amadeus Press, 1995.

581 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, music ; 23 cm

The first major study since the composer's death, this examines the inspiration which Messiaen derived from his religious faith, and from his lifelong passion for ornithology and the natural world.

Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992 -- Criticism and interpretation.

Composers -- France -- 20th century -- Criticism and interpretation.

Biographies.

Hill, Peter, 1948- editor.

Originally published: London : Faber and Faber, 1994.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 566-568) and indexes.

List of composer's works and discography: pages 536-565.

Messiaen's musical language : an introduction / Anthony Pople -- Organ Music I / John Milsom -- Piano Music I / Peter Hill -- Songs and song cycles / Jane Manning -- Instrumental, orchestral and choral works to 1948 / Malcolm Hayes -- Colour / Jonathan W. Bernard -- Mysticism and theology / Wilfrid Mellers -- End of time: a Biblical theme in Messiaen's Quatuor / Iain Matheson -- Birdsong / Robert Sherlaw Johnson -- Messiaen as teacher / Pierre Boulez, George Benjamin and Peter Hill -- Interview with Yvonne Loriod / Peter Hill -- Piano Music II / Peter Hill -- Organ Music II / Gillian Weir -- Orchestral music of the 1950s and 1960s / Malcolm Troup -- La Transfiguration / Wilfrid Mellers -- Des canyons aux etoiles ... / Richard Steinitz -- Saint Francois d'Assise / Paul Griffiths -- Eclairs sur l'au-dela-the last works / Paul Griffiths --

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