For the End of Time

by Rebecca Rischin

Book Overview

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was one of the great composers of the 20th century. The premiere of the French composer's Quartet for the End of Time on January 15, 1941 at -4 degrees Fahrenheit in Stalag VIIIA, a Nazi prison camp, has been called one of the great stories of 20th-century music. A devout Catholic with an interest in mysticism and the supernatural, Messiaen was also a poet and an accomplished amateur ornithologist. He mixed sounds as a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801441366
• ISBN13: 9780801441363
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 8.7"