Olivier Messiaen's System of Signs: Notes Towards Understanding His Music

by Andrew Shenton

Book Overview

Andrew Shenton's groundbreaking cross-disciplinary approach to Messiaen's music presents a systematic and detailed examination of the compositional techniques of one of the most significant musicians of the twentieth century as they relate to his desire to express profound truths about Catholicism. It is widely accepted that music can have mystical and transformative powers, but because 'pure' music has no programme, Messiaen sought to refine his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754661687
• ISBN13: 9780754661689
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages