Piano
SKU:
HL.48182068
The
Buzzard, The Black
Wheatear and the Curlew
Piano. Composed by
Olivier Messiaen. Leduc.
Classical. Softcover. 24
pages. Alphonse Leduc
#AL22947. Published by
Alphonse Leduc
(HL.48182068).
UPC:
888680850975.
9.0x12.0x0.27
inches.
“The
Bird Catalogue by Olivier
Messiaenis a set of 7
books with 13 pieces for
Piano composed between
1956 and 1958. Each
volume refers to a
special bird and to the
French region where the
bird is typically from.
The piece does not only
describe the bird, it
also depicts its
surroundings, such as
other birds, the
landscape of its area,
the colours and the
temperature. Book 1 - Le
Chocard des Alpes (Alpine
Chough) - Le Loriot
(Golden Oriole) IH Le
Merle Bleu (Blue Rock
Thrush) Book 2 - Le
Traquet Stapazin
(Black-Eared Wheatear)
Book 3 - La Chouette
Hulotte (Tawny Owl) -
L'Alouette Lulu (Wood
Lark) Book 4 - La
Rousserolle Effarvatte
(Reed Warbler) Book 5 -
L'Alouette Calandrelle
(Short-Toed Lark) - La
Bouscarle (Cetti's
Warbler) Book 6 - Le
Merle de Roche (Rock
Thrush) Book 7 - La Buse
Variable (Buzzard) - Le
Traquet Rieur (Black
Wheatear) - Le Courlis
Cendré (Curlew) As
mentioned above, this 7th
Volume focuses on the
buzzard, the black
wheatear and the curlew.
The first one, the
Buzzard represents ?La
matheysine? in the
Dauphiny area, the Black
Wheatear, the area of
Roussillion and the
Curlew, the west coast of
Brittany. The
interpretation of these
pieces requires a strong
level of ability on Piano
(upper advanced), due to
some complex techniques
required. 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 'Treatise on rhythm,
colour and ornithology'
in 7 volumes.â€.
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