Sound
Olivier Messiaen
1908 · Avignon, France
17 films
Bio
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.
Filmography
Benilde or the Virgin Mother
Music
Peace Project With Patricia Kopatchinskaja
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Saint François d'Assise
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Olivier Messiaen: The Turangalîla-Symphonie Orchestre de Paris
Original Music Composer
The Great Rehearsals: Homage to Edgard Varèse
Self
Olivier Messiaen and the Birds
Self
London Symphony Orchestra: Bruckner & Messiaen
Music
Pierre-Laurent Aimard spielt Olivier Messiaen - Auszüge aus 'Der Vogelkatalog'
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The Great Rehearsals: Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum
Self
Quartet for the End of Time
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A Private Music Lesson with Yvonne Loriod
Self
The Window Cleaner
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