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'''Olivier Messiaen'''; (December 10, 1908 – April 27, 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. His many distinguished pupils included [[Pierre Boulez]], Yvonne Loriod (who later became Messiaen's second wife), [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]], [[wikipedia:Iannis Xenakis|Iannis Xenakis]] and George Benjamin. | '''Olivier Messiaen'''; (December 10, 1908 – April 27, 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. His many distinguished pupils included [[Pierre Boulez]], Yvonne Loriod (who later became Messiaen's second wife), [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]], [[wikipedia:Iannis Xenakis|Iannis Xenakis]] and George Benjamin. | ||
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| + | FZ said of [[Olivier Messiaen]] in an [[The Mother Of All Interviews (Part 2)|interview with Don Menn]] in 1982; | ||
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| + | <blockquote>"I like Messiaen. Took me a while, but I like that music. He's colorful. But I must admit that the first Messiaen album that I ever got was an ''Angel'' recording of ''Chronochromie'', and it baffled the snot out of me. I didn't know what to do with it. I could stay interested for about the first three minutes. I was going, "Whoa, a lot of percussion; that's interesting, but what is this?" It took me years before I could listen to that whole side of the album straight through".</blockquote> | ||
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[[wikipedia:Olivier Messiaen|Olivier Messiaen]] | [[wikipedia:Olivier Messiaen|Olivier Messiaen]] | ||
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Olivier Messiaen; (December 10, 1908 – April 27, 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. His many distinguished pupils included Pierre Boulez, Yvonne Loriod (who later became Messiaen's second wife), Karlheinz Stockhausen, Iannis Xenakis and George Benjamin.
FZ said of Olivier Messiaen in an interview with Don Menn in 1982;
"I like Messiaen. Took me a while, but I like that music. He's colorful. But I must admit that the first Messiaen album that I ever got was an Angel recording of Chronochromie, and it baffled the snot out of me. I didn't know what to do with it. I could stay interested for about the first three minutes. I was going, "Whoa, a lot of percussion; that's interesting, but what is this?" It took me years before I could listen to that whole side of the album straight through".
Further reading:
Olivier Messiaen
