Mezmerizing Music
of Olivier Messiaen

Messiaen was born in Avignon in 1908 and died in Clichy (near Paris) in 1992. He was a French composer, organist and teacher. Messiaen did a lot of research and studying. His Paris Conservatory term (1919-1930) involved receiving lessons from Dupré, Dukas and Caussade. He also independently took down by dictation bird songs from French birds of different regions.

Appointments included organist of L’ Église de la Trinité (1931 in Paris), teaching at the École Normale de Musique and Schola Cantorum (1936), and teaching at the Paris Conservatory (1942).

Religion and love of nature were fuel for inspiration in Messiaen’s compositions. Chromatic harmony and irregular meters are historically important characteristics of this composer’s original and highly influential music.

An Amazing Messiaen Fact

Messiaen did time. He was incarcerated by the Germans for two years and was released in 1942.

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