Messiaen extended the 'serial' system, which manipulated twelve notes within an octave, to also organize note values in his music.
Composer Biography
Messiaen served as Organist at the Église de la Sainte-Trinité (La Trinité) in Paris for over 60 years, until his death.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Messiaen's highly personal musical language was deeply influenced by the natural world, Eastern cultures, and his devout Catholicism.
Composer Biography
Olivier Messiaen, a towering figure in 20th-century European music, entered the Paris Conservatoire at a remarkably early age in 1919.
Instruments
The organ of Église Saint-Martin, Dudelange, Luxembourg, where this album was recorded, was built in 1912 by German organ builders Georg and Eduard Stahlhuth and combines German symphonic and French Romantic styles.
Composer Biography
Despite never having seen an organ console before, Messiaen joined Marcel Dupré's organ class in 1927 and impressed his teacher by learning Bach's Fantasia in C minor in a week.
Composition History
Messiaen's Livre d'orgue (Organ Book) was conceived from his diary plans in late 1949 for a 'Livre d'études rythmiques' (Book of Rhythmic Studies) for organ.
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