{"product_id":"olivier-messiaen-and-the-tristan-myth","title":"Olivier Messiaen and the Tristan Myth","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing the second World War, Olivier Messiaen, previously known primarily for his religious music, composed three works inspired by the medieval love story of Tristan and Iseult: \u003ci\u003eHarawi\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTurangal^D\u003ci\u003ela-symphonie\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCinq rechants\u003c\/i\u003e. Though the song cycle, symphony, and choral work each consider their source story in a different way, the three compositions are tied closely together by theme and musical technique. This new study is the only full-length consideration of this most significant work, applying literary techniques of stylistic analysis and source study as well as musical analysis of Messiaen's aesthetics and form.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs Audrey Ekdahl Davidson shows, Messiaen's work was informed by more than just the mythic tale at its center. The twelve songs in \u003ci\u003eHarawi\u003c\/i\u003e are indebted to Peruvian melodies, and rhythmically they reveal the influence of the Hindu musical theory that the composer encountered at the Paris Conservatory. \u003ci\u003eTurangal^D\u003ci\u003ela-symphonie\u003c\/i\u003e continues and expands the use of these complex rhythmic structures to create a form that expresses elements of the Tristan story as filtered through Wagner's famous operatic depiction. And in \u003ci\u003eCinq rechants\u003c\/i\u003e, Messiaen produced a set of choral pieces that use surrealistic texts joined to music that is related structurally to the \u003ci\u003erechants\u003c\/i\u003e of the sixteenth-century composer Claude le Jeune. Davidson's examination of these works reveals both their interrelatedness and their many layers of musical and textual meaning.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54218865541464,"sku":"9780275973407","price":67.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/olivier-messiaen-and-the-tristan-myth","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}