Orchestra
SKU:
HL.48182136
Composed
by Olivier Messiaen.
Leduc. Classical.
Softcover. 226 pages.
Alphonse Leduc #AL23077.
Published by Alphonse
Leduc (HL.48182136).
UPC: 888680835514.
7.25x10.75x0.704
inches.
Completed
in 1960, Time-Colour by
Olivier Messiaen is a
famous orchestral piece
composed by this author.
This edition, published
as a book, features the
conductor?s score with
all the following
instruments: 16 First
Violins, 16 Second
Violins, 14 Violas, 12
Cellos, 10 Double Basses,
1 Piccolo, 3 Flutes, 3
Oboes, 4 Clarinets, 3
Bassoons, 1 Piccolo
Trumpet, 3 C Trumpets, 4
F Horns, 3 Trombones, 1
Tuba, Suspended And
Chinese Cymbal, 1
Glockenspiel, 1
Xylophone, 1 Marimba. It
is written in seven
movements: Introduction,
Strophe I, Antistrophe I,
Strophe II, Antistrophe
II, Epode and Coda; and
The Epode features
birdsong and is played by
18 of the string
instruments. Olivier
Messiaen (1908-1992) was
a French organist and
composer passionate about
Ornithology and one of
the most important
composer of his century.
Inspired by Japanese
music, he had a very
special way of composing
and his work can be
identified by its
complexity, its diatonic
aspect, its harmony with
limited transposition,
its colour and its
additive rhythms. He
composed many works
related to ornithology
and birdsong, including
the 'Bird Catalogue' in 7
volumes..
