Choral
SKU:
HL.48180968
SATB
chorus. Composed by
Olivier Messiaen. Leduc.
Classical. Softcover.
Alphonse Leduc #AL19891.
Published by Alphonse
Leduc (HL.48180968).
Twenty Lessons
in Harmony by Olivier
Messiaen is a book in
which the author
describes his perceptions
of colours in music and
the importance of the
fusion of sound and
sight. Often depicting
chords as precise colours
and shades, he explains
how he perceived harmony
through a visual prism.
This description is
completed by these twenty
lessons for SATB to help
controlling the
harmonies. Twenty Lessons
in Harmony has shown
itself very helpful for a
better understanding and
interpretation of
Messiaen's music. Olivier
Messiaen (1908-1992) was
a French organist and
composer passionate about
ornithology and one of
the most important
composers 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 and the Treatise
on Rhythm, Colour and
Ornithology in 7
volumes.
