Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction
by Eric Salzman
Period: Early 20th
Century
Born: Thursday, December 10, 1908 in Avignon,
France
Died: Tuesday, April 28, 1992 in Clichy,
Hauts-de-Seine
Nation of Origin: France
Major Works:
Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the end of time)
for violin, clarinet, cello, and piano written while Messiaen was
imprisoned in a concentration camp.
Other Information:
Messiaen was a teacher of composers Boulez, Stockhausen,
Barraqué, and Xenakis. He also instructed the noted
musicologist Roland Jackson.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of
Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN:
0198691629
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc.,
January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors,
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group,
December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900,
Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186
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