Messiaen: Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps

by Anthony Pople

Book Overview

The Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time) is among the best-known compositions by Olivier Messiaen (1908-92). Like virtually all of his works, it combines the striking technical achievement of Messiaen's rich and attractive musical style with a deeply felt theological inspiration - in this case from the apocalyptic events described in the Book of Revelation, leading to the end of Time itself. Composed while Messiaen was a prisoner-of-war...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521585384
• ISBN13: 9780521585385
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.2" x 8.7"