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245 10 a| Olivier Messiaen and the Tristan myth /c| by Audrey Ekdahl Davidson.;

260 a| Westport, Conn. :b| Praeger,c| 2001.;

300 a| x, 144 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 00 t| The composer and the myth --t| Harawi: song of love and death --t| Turangalila-symphonie: the cosmic dimension of love --t| Cinq rechants: the lovers fly away.;

520 a| Following the second World War, Messiaen, previously known primarily for his religious music, composed three works inspired by the medieval love story of Tristan and Iseult: Harawi, Turangalila-symphonie, and Cinq rechants. Though the song cycle, symphony, and choral work each consider their source story in a different way, the three compositions are tied closely together by theme and musical technique. This new study is the only full-length consideration of this most significant work, applying literary techniques of stylistic analysis and source study as well as musical analysis of Messiaen's aesthetics and form. As the author shows, Messiaen's work was informed by more than just the mythic tale at its center. The twelve songs in Harawi are indebted to Peruvian melodies, and rhythmically they reveal the influence of the Hindu musical theory that the composer encountered at the Paris Conservatory. Turangalila-symphonie continues and expands the use of these complex rhythmic structures to create a form that expresses elements of the Tristan story as filtered through Wagner's famous operatic depiction. And in Cinq rechants, Messiaen produced a set of choral pieces that use surrealistic texts joined to music that is related structurally to the rechants of the sixteenth-century composer Claude le Jeune. The author's examination of these works reveals both their interrelatedness and their many layers of musical and textual meaning.;

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Olivier Messiaen and the Tristan myth / by Audrey Ekdahl Davidson.

Author/creator	Davidson, Audrey Ekdahl
Format	Book
Publication Info	Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.
Description	x, 144 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992--Criticism and interpretation. Tristan (Legendary character)--Songs and music. --History and criticism. Iseult (Legendary character)--Songs and music. --History and criticism.

Contents	The composer and the myth -- Harawi: song of love and death -- Turangalila-symphonie: the cosmic dimension of love -- Cinq rechants: the lovers fly away.
Abstract	Following the second World War, Messiaen, previously known primarily for his religious music, composed three works inspired by the medieval love story of Tristan and Iseult: Harawi, Turangalila-symphonie, and Cinq rechants. Though the song cycle, symphony, and choral work each consider their source story in a different way, the three compositions are tied closely together by theme and musical technique. This new study is the only full-length consideration of this most significant work, applying literary techniques of stylistic analysis and source study as well as musical analysis of Messiaen's aesthetics and form. As the author shows, Messiaen's work was informed by more than just the mythic tale at its center. The twelve songs in Harawi are indebted to Peruvian melodies, and rhythmically they reveal the influence of the Hindu musical theory that the composer encountered at the Paris Conservatory. Turangalila-symphonie continues and expands the use of these complex rhythmic structures to create a form that expresses elements of the Tristan story as filtered through Wagner's famous operatic depiction. And in Cinq rechants, Messiaen produced a set of choral pieces that use surrealistic texts joined to music that is related structurally to the rechants of the sixteenth-century composer Claude le Jeune. The author's examination of these works reveals both their interrelatedness and their many layers of musical and textual meaning.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2001032912
ISBN	0275973409 (alk. paper)

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