Olivier Messiaen often went out into the wild to transcribe bird songs and then incorporated the sounds into his music. A detailed look at the score of Quartet for the End of Time reveals palindrome layered rhythms with a clarinet bird call floating above the hundreds of harmonies interlaced in mathematical intricacy. His students included Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pierre Boulez, George Benjamin, Iannis Xenakis and McCoy Tyner.Wednesday, December 10, 2008
OLIVIER MESSIAEN - 100 YEARS ON DEC. 10
Olivier Messiaen often went out into the wild to transcribe bird songs and then incorporated the sounds into his music. A detailed look at the score of Quartet for the End of Time reveals palindrome layered rhythms with a clarinet bird call floating above the hundreds of harmonies interlaced in mathematical intricacy. His students included Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pierre Boulez, George Benjamin, Iannis Xenakis and McCoy Tyner.
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