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100 1 a| Hill, Peter,d| 1948-=| ^A370762;

245 10 a| Olivier Messiaen :b| Oiseaux exotiques /c| Peter Hill and Nigel Simeone.;

300 a| xii, 128 pages :b| illustrations, music ;c| 23 cm +e| 1 audio disc.;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| Landmarks in music since 1950;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-119), discography, and index.;

505 0 a| Context -- Birdsong and sketches -- Commentary -- First performance, reception and publication -- Interpretations -- Postscript.;

505 0 a| Audio CD contents. [Field recordings of eight American birds used in Oiseaux exotiques ; Various notations of those birdsongs by Messiaen] -- Complete recording of the premiere performance (10 March 1956), given by the ensemble Domaine musical ; Yvonne Loriod, piano ; Rudolf Albert, conductor.;

520 a| 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 (France-Soir, 1948) demonstrates Messiaen's growing desire to move away from the stylization that had characterized the Quatuor towards a much greater realism, based on a close observation of birds in their natural habitat. At the same time, Messiaen continued to regard birdsong as music--and divinely inspired music at that--a belief that led for a time to an obsession with truth-to-nature. Against this background, Oiseaux exotiques proves to be a landmark, the work in which Messiaen the musician began to regain the upper hand over Messiaen the ornithologist. The introductory chapter (Chapter 1) outlines the background to Oiseaux exotiques, discussing Messiaen's relations with the 1950s avant garde--in particular with his former pupil Pierre Boulez--and his involvement with the concerts of the Domaine musical, for which Oiseaux exotiques was composed. In Chapter 2, access to Messiaen's sketches enables the authors to analyse his compositional methods in unprecedented detail; a generous number of music examples refer to birdsong recordings actually used by Messiaen (which can be heard on the accompanying CD), and trace step-by-step the evolution of musical ideas from first notation to finished score. Chapter 3 provides a commentary on the music, investigating issues of continuity and texture, and revealing the processes underlying the score's dazzling profusion. Two further chapters recount the reception history of Oiseaux exotiques, and compare recorded interpretations, taking as their point of departure the historic premiere, included in full on the CD. Finally, the book considers the implications of Oiseaux exotiques for the composer's subsequent music, from the Catalogue d'oiseaux (1956-58) to the later masterpieces of Messiaen's style oiseau.;

600 10 a| Messiaen, Olivier,d| 1908-1992.t| Oiseaux exotiques.=| ^A642793;

700 1 a| Simeone, Nigel,d| 1956-=| ^A410025;

700 1 a| Loriod, Yvonnee| instrumentalist.=| ^A398446;

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Olivier Messiaen : Oiseaux exotiques / Peter Hill and Nigel Simeone.

Author/creator	Hill, Peter, 1948-
Other author	Simeone, Nigel, 1956-
Other author	Loriod, Yvonne instrumentalist.
Other author	Alberth, Rudolf, 1918-1992, conductor.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007.
Description	xii, 128 pages : illustrations, music ; 23 cm + 1 audio disc.
Subjects	Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992. Oiseaux exotiques.

Series	Landmarks in music since 1950 Landmarks in music since 1950. ^A583886
Contents	Context -- Birdsong and sketches -- Commentary -- First performance, reception and publication -- Interpretations -- Postscript.
Contents	Audio CD contents. [Field recordings of eight American birds used in Oiseaux exotiques ; Various notations of those birdsongs by Messiaen] -- Complete recording of the premiere performance (10 March 1956), given by the ensemble Domaine musical ; Yvonne Loriod, piano ; Rudolf Albert, conductor.
Abstract	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 (France-Soir, 1948) demonstrates Messiaen's growing desire to move away from the stylization that had characterized the Quatuor towards a much greater realism, based on a close observation of birds in their natural habitat. At the same time, Messiaen continued to regard birdsong as music--and divinely inspired music at that--a belief that led for a time to an obsession with truth-to-nature. Against this background, Oiseaux exotiques proves to be a landmark, the work in which Messiaen the musician began to regain the upper hand over Messiaen the ornithologist. The introductory chapter (Chapter 1) outlines the background to Oiseaux exotiques, discussing Messiaen's relations with the 1950s avant garde--in particular with his former pupil Pierre Boulez--and his involvement with the concerts of the Domaine musical, for which Oiseaux exotiques was composed. In Chapter 2, access to Messiaen's sketches enables the authors to analyse his compositional methods in unprecedented detail; a generous number of music examples refer to birdsong recordings actually used by Messiaen (which can be heard on the accompanying CD), and trace step-by-step the evolution of musical ideas from first notation to finished score. Chapter 3 provides a commentary on the music, investigating issues of continuity and texture, and revealing the processes underlying the score's dazzling profusion. Two further chapters recount the reception history of Oiseaux exotiques, and compare recorded interpretations, taking as their point of departure the historic premiere, included in full on the CD. Finally, the book considers the implications of Oiseaux exotiques for the composer's subsequent music, from the Catalogue d'oiseaux (1956-58) to the later masterpieces of Messiaen's style oiseau.
Local note	Joyner-JOYNER MUSIC LIBRARY BOOK ACCOMPANIED BY SOUND RECORDING LOCATED AT CALL NUMBER: MusicLib CD-9425.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-119), discography, and index.
LCCN	2006032401
ISBN	9780754656302 (alk. paper)
ISBN	0754656306 (alk. paper)

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