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Olivier Messiaen's opera, Saint François d'Assise
- Title
- Olivier Messiaen's opera, Saint François d'Assise / Vincent Perez Benitez.
- Author
- Benitez, Vincent Perez, 1955-
- Publication
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2019]
- ©2019
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- Description
- xxii, 302 pages : music; 24 cm
- Summary
- 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.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-295) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : setting the stage for Messiaen's compositional summa -- Contemplating theologies of beauty, glory, and light in Saint François d'Assise -- A theological opera and its musical themes -- Form as an expression of the beyond -- Chords and colors : the harmonic vocabulary of Saint François d'Assise -- Analyzing the musical language of Saint François d'Assise -- Birdsong in Saint François d'Assise -- Tonal-dramatic associations in Saint Francis's spiritual journey -- Saint Francis's path toward the numinous: a tonal-color narrative -- Appendix : dramatic synopsis.
- Call Number
- JME 19-403
- ISBN
- 9780253042873
- 0253042879
- 9780253042880
- 0253042887
- LCCN
- 2018049683
- 40029419228
- OCLC
- 1056472700
- Author
- Benitez, Vincent Perez, 1955- author.
- Title
- Olivier Messiaen's opera, Saint François d'Assise / Vincent Perez Benitez.
- Publisher
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-295) and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Benitez, Vincent Perez, 1955- Olivier Messiaen's opera, Saint François d'Assise. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2019 9780253042897 (DLC) 2018050024
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40029419228
- Research Call Number
- JME 19-403