Olivier Messiaen
- Type: Classical Composer
- Country: France
- Born: December 10, 1908 in Avignon, Vaucluse, France
- Died: April 27, 1992, Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Biography
French composer, organist and ornithologist, organist of La Trinit茅 in Paris for over sixty years and one of the most original voices of the twentieth century. Messiaen built his music on modes of limited transposition, complex rhythms and transcribed birdsong, in works such as the 'Quatuor pour la fin du temps' (1941), the 'Turangal卯la-Symphonie' (1948) and 'Catalogue d'oiseaux'. A devout Catholic, he taught *Pierre Boulez* and *Karlheinz Stockhausen* at the Paris Conservatoire.
Genres
Olivier Messiaen Discography
- Quatre 茅tudes de rythme (1951) - Album - rated 3.51/5
- L'Ascension (1963) - Album - rated 4.25/5
- Oiseaux exotiques; La bouscarle; R茅veil des oiseaux (1968) - Album - rated 3.93/5
- Des canyons aux 茅toiles; Oiseaux exotiques; Couleurs de la cit茅 c茅leste (1988) - Album - rated 4.25/5
- Po猫mes pour Mi; Sept Ha茂ka茂; Le r茅veil des oiseaux (1997) - Album - rated 3.9/5
- Saint Fran莽ois d'Assise (1999) - Album - rated 3.95/5
- Turangal卯la Symphony; L'ascension (2000) - Album - rated 4.16/5
- Turangal卯la-Symphonie (2001) - Album - rated 4.05/5
- Quatuor pour la fin du temps (2001) - Album - rated 4.07/5
- La transfiguration de notre-seigneur J茅sus-Christ (2002) - Album - rated 3.77/5