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Book Review
Aug. 3rd, 2015 10:53 pmMessiaen: Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps
by Anthony Pople
Another Cambridge Handbook, this one covers one of my most favorite pieces of music, Messiaen's Quatuor Pour La fin Du Temps, famously written in a German POW camp. Pople devotes a chapter to each of the seven movements, plus gives illuminating introductory and concluding sections. His analyses are very detailed, but never feel like a slog. Plus, he uses musical examples very effectively. It's a wonderfully illuminating explanation of the techniques Messiaen used and how they play out musically.
by Anthony Pople
Another Cambridge Handbook, this one covers one of my most favorite pieces of music, Messiaen's Quatuor Pour La fin Du Temps, famously written in a German POW camp. Pople devotes a chapter to each of the seven movements, plus gives illuminating introductory and concluding sections. His analyses are very detailed, but never feel like a slog. Plus, he uses musical examples very effectively. It's a wonderfully illuminating explanation of the techniques Messiaen used and how they play out musically.
