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Author Benitez, Vincent Perez, 1955- author.

Title Olivier Messiaen's opera, Saint François d'Assise / Vincent Perez Benitez
Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 302 pages) : music
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-295) and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 15, 2019)
Subject Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992. Saint François d'Assise.
SUBJECT Saint François d'Assise (Messiaen, Olivier) fast
Subject MUSIC -- History & Criticism.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018050024
ISBN 9780253042903
0253042909
9780253042897
0253042895