Olivier Messiaen's Opera, <I>Saint Francois d'Assise</I>
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Olivier Messiaen's Opera, <I>Saint Francois d'Assise</I>

  1. 328 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Olivier Messiaen's Opera, <I>Saint Francois d'Assise</I>

About this book

In this comprehensive study of Olivier Messiaen's magnum opus, Saint François d'Assise, Vincent Perez Benitez examines the opera from both theological and musical-analytical perspectives to ask how Messiaen expresses his Catholic theology through his work. Benitez combines a close reading of the opera score with accounts from Messiaen's associates, studies of Messiaen's birdsong notebooks and other primary documents, and an examination of the religious, musical, poetic, and visual arts literature with which the composer was familiar to explore how the opera's harmonic language and sound-color relationships motivate its musical meaning and expression. Through his analysis of these diverse sources and comparisons of Saint François d'Assise with other works such as Berg's Wozzeck and Wagner's Parsifal, Benitez places Messiaen's compositional practice within larger musical perspectives and historical contexts.

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Information

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9780253042897
Edition
0
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Music

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Notes on the Text
  9. Introduction: Setting the Stage for Messiaen’s Compositional Summa
  10. 1. Contemplating Theologies of Beauty, Glory, and Light in Saint François d’Assise
  11. 2. A Theological Opera and Its Musical Themes
  12. 3. Form as an Expression of the Beyond
  13. 4. Chords and Colors: The Harmonic Vocabulary of Saint François d’Assise
  14. 5. Analyzing the Musical Language of Saint Françoisd’Assise
  15. 6. Birdsong in Saint François d’Assise
  16. 7. Tonal-Dramatic Associations in Saint Francis’s Spiritual Journey
  17. 8. Saint Francis’s Path toward the Numinous: A Tonal-ColorNarrative
  18. Appendix: Dramatic Synopsis
  19. Glossary
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index
  22. About the Author