New,Olivier Messiaen

Contents

• Introduction ‘All the birds of the stars’
• Chapter 1 : On Beginnings
• Chapter 2 : On Becoming ‘Messiaen’, 1927–39
• Chapter 3 : On Messiaen and the Second World War, 1939–45
• Chapter 4 : On Surrealism and Experimentation, 1945–51
• Chapter 5 : On Birdsong, 1952–63
• Chapter 6 : On Influence
• Chapter 7 : On the Monumental, 1964–83: Stained-Glass, Snow, Stars and a Saint
• Chapter 8 : On Final Works and Legacy
• References Select Discography Select
• Bibliography
• Acknowledgements Photo
• Acknowledgements
• Index