Messiaen: quatuor pour la fin du temps
Auteur :
Pople, Anthony
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521584975
Date de publication :
2 juil. 1998
Dimensions :
22,5 x 14,8 x 1,4 cm
Poids :
250 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book is about the popular Quartet for the End of Time by Messiaen, which was first performed in 1941. The book describes how the work was composed in a prisoner-of-war camp and discusses the music in detail. Like most of Messiaen's music, the Quartet is strongly Christian in inspiration.