Artist: Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen's lyrics & chords
Olivier Messiaen (December 10, 1908 – April 27, 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. Messiaen's music is rhythmically complex (he was interested in rhythms from ancient Greece and from Hindu sources), and is harmonically and melodically based on modes of limited transposition, which were Messiaen's own innovation. Many of his compositions depict what he termed "the marvellous aspects of the faith", drawing on his unshakeable Roman Catholicism. He travelled widely, and he wrote works inspired by such diverse influences as ...read more
Meditation i Oiseaux exotiques for piano and small orchestra Paysage Action de graces Un reflet dans le vent Les élus marqués du sceau Ta voix Le collier Le nombre léger Les étoiles et la gloire Thème et variations pour violon et piano La rousserolle effarvatte Les eaux de la grâce Le rouge gorge Neumes rythmiques Joie et clarté des corps glorieux Xiii noël Epouvante Fête des belles eaux Les sons impalpables du rêve Reprises par interversion Première partie
