Messiaen Perspectives 1: Sources and Influences (Paperback)

Introduction; I: Sources; Perspectives on Sources; 1: Olivier Messiaen and the Prix de Rome as Rite of Passage; 2: Olivier Messiaen and Portique pour une fille de France; 3: Formal Genesis in the Sketches for Visions de l'Amen 1; 4: From Music for the Radio to a Piano Cycle: Sources for the Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus; 5: My Collaboration with Olivier Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod on Harawi; 6: Olivier Messiaen's Timbres-durees; 7: From Reveil des oiseaux to Catalogue d'oiseaux: Messiaen's Cahiers de notations des chants d'oiseaux, 1952?59; 8: In the Beginning Was The Word? An Exploration of the Origins of Meditations sur le mystere de la Sainte Trinite; I: Intermede; 9: Yvonne Loriod as Source and Influence; II: Influences; Perspectives on Influences; 10: Messiaen and Mozart: A Love without Influence?; 11: Messiaen and the Romantic Gesture: Contemplations on his Piano Music and Pianism; 12: Messiaen and the Problem of Communication; 13: Messiaen and Art Sacre; 14: Messiaen, the Cinq Rechants and ‘Spiritual Violence'; 15: Messiaen in Retrospect