Piano
SKU:
HL.48182066
Composed
by Olivier Messiaen.
Leduc. Post-1900.
Softcover. 10 pages.
Alphonse Leduc #AL22944.
Published by Alphonse
Leduc (HL.48182066).
UPC: 888680850869.
9.0x12.0x0.155
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
region where the bird is
typically from in France.
The piece not only
describes 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 5th
volume focuses on the
Short-toed Lark and the
Cetti's Warbler. The
first one, the Short-toed
Lark represents the
wilderness of Provence
and the Cetti's Warbler,
the Charente area. The
interpretation of these
pieces requires a strong
level in Piano (upper
advanced), due to some
complex technique
requirement. Olivier
Messiaen (1908-1992) was
a French organist and
composer who was
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€.