Messiaen's musical language on the Holy Child : a study of Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus, No: XIX, Je dores, mai mon coeur veille, No: XIV: Regard des Anges / Cagdas Soylar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soylar, Cagdas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992.

Messiaen, Olivier.

Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992. Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus.

Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992. Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus. Je dors, mais mon coeur veille.

Physical Description:

xiv, 45 pages : Illustrations, music ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Wipf & Stock, 2018.

Summary:

Olivier Messiaen was a prominent twentieth-century French composer. His musical language includes highly complicated concepts derived from a variety of sources. Hindu rhythms, Greek rhythms, and bird calls influenced him deeply; his Catholic faith, however, had the greatest impact on his compositions. I provide a detailed analysis of two religiously motivated pieces from his Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus (Twenty Gazes upon the Infant Jesus), one of the most remarkable solo piano works of the twentieth-century, to explore how he integrates the Christian theology into his musical language. Je dors, mais mon cÒur veille (I sleep but my heart waketh) is a dialogue that represents Messiaen's mystic love of God, whereas Regard des Anges (Gaze of the Angels) is a celebration symbolizing the angels beholding the birth of Jesus Christ. I explain how the entirely different subjects of the two pieces are articulated in the change of pitch collections and rhythmic structures, as well as how the changes of musical language through the use of the different pitch collections generate the formal structure that is related to the biblical source.

Contents:

1 General Biographical Description p. 1

2 Messiaen's Source of Materials p. 15

3 No: XIX Je Dors, Mais Mon Cœur Veille p. 23

4 No: XIV Regard Des Anges p. 36.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 45).

ISBN:

1532664168

9781532664168

OCLC:

1080918823