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ISBN10: 0931340950, ISBN13: 9780931340956, [publisher: Portland, Oregon; Amadeus Press] Hardcover WHY BUY from book sellers who fail to accurately describe the ACTUAL condition of the book you're considering purchasing? THIS is a very good condition hard cover in a like, mylar-protected dust jacket. The spine is straight, binding tight, all corners are sharp, and is internally clean and NOT marked. NOT an ex-library copy. Dust jacket is complete and NOT price-clipped. QUOTED from the inside flap in relevant part: " The Messiaen Companion is the first major study to appear since Messiaen's death (in April 1992), and the first, therefore, to offer a complete survey of his extraordinary achievements. Intended as a comprehensive guide to Messiaen's music, the book also examines in detail the enduring inspiration which Messiaen derived from his religious faith and from his lifelong passion for ornithology and the natural world. The contributors, all of whom have made a special study of the composer, include two biographers of Messiaen and a number of the foremost interpreters of his music. Messiaen's influential teaching is recalled in essays by three of his pupils (Pierre Boulez, George Benjamin, and Peter Hill), and the composer is remembered also in a remarkable and moving contribution from his widow and devoted musical companion, the pianist Yvonne Loriod." First American Edition, with full number line present. 581 pages. Well illustrated ...
Portland, OR: Amadeus Press, Date: 1995. Hardcover. VG-/VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block. Light shelfwear. Pages are otherwise very clean and clear with tight binding.). Blue cloth boards with white spine lettering; bw illustrated dj with blue title blocks and silver lettering; mylar cover; 581 pp; 8 unnumbered pages of plates; bw illustrations; portraits and music. The first major study since the composer's death, this examines the inspiration which Messiaen derived from his religious faith, and from his lifelong passion for ornithology and the natural world. Contents include: Messiaen's musical language : an introduction / Anthony Pople -- Organ Music I / John Milsom -- Piano Music I / Peter Hill -- Songs and song cycles / Jane Manning -- Instrumental, orchestral and choral works to 1948 / Malcolm Hayes -- Colour / Jonathan W. Bernard -- Mysticism and theology / Wilfrid Mellers -- End of time: a Biblical theme in Messiaen's Quatuor / Iain Matheson -- Birdsong / Robert Sherlaw Johnson -- Messiaen as teacher / Pierre Boulez, George Benjamin and Peter Hill -- Interview with Yvonne Loriod / Peter Hill -- Piano Music II / Peter Hill -- Organ Music II / Gillian Weir -- Orchestral music of the 1950s and 1960s / Malcolm Troup -- La Transfiguration / Wilfrid Mellers -- Des canyons aux etoiles ... / Richard Steinitz -- Saint Francois d'Assise / Paul Griffiths -- Eclairs sur l'au-dela-the last works / Paul Griffiths -- App ...
Portland, OR: Amadeus Press, Date: 1995. Hardcover. VG-/VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block. Light shelfwear. Pages are otherwise very clean and clear with tight binding.). Blue cloth boards with white spine lettering; bw illustrated dj with blue title blocks and silver lettering; mylar cover; 581 pp; 8 unnumbered pages of plates; bw illustrations; portraits and music. The first major study since the composer's death, this examines the inspiration which Messiaen derived from his religious faith, and from his lifelong passion for ornithology and the natural world. Contents include: Messiaen's musical language : an introduction / Anthony Pople -- Organ Music I / John Milsom -- Piano Music I / Peter Hill -- Songs and song cycles / Jane Manning -- Instrumental, orchestral and choral works to 1948 / Malcolm Hayes -- Colour / Jonathan W. Bernard -- Mysticism and theology / Wilfrid Mellers -- End of time: a Biblical theme in Messiaen's Quatuor / Iain Matheson -- Birdsong / Robert Sherlaw Johnson -- Messiaen as teacher / Pierre Boulez, George Benjamin and Peter Hill -- Interview with Yvonne Loriod / Peter Hill -- Piano Music II / Peter Hill -- Organ Music II / Gillian Weir -- Orchestral music of the 1950s and 1960s / Malcolm Troup -- La Transfiguration / Wilfrid Mellers -- Des canyons aux etoiles ... / Richard Steinitz -- Saint Francois d'Assise / Paul Griffiths -- Eclairs sur l'au-dela-the last works / Paul Griffiths -- App ...
ISBN10: 0931340950, ISBN13: 9780931340956, [publisher: Amadeus Press] Hardcover New [liverpool, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]
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