The charm of impossibilities: the genesis of the quartet for the end of time by Olivier Messiaen

This is the story of the genesis of a musical piece by Olivier Messiaen, the Quartet for the end of Time, that has been composed and interpreted during the Second World War in a prisoner camp. This is the story of a creation: one composer, three interpreters, instruments in a very bad shape, will ch...

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Other Authors: Messiaen, Olivier 1908-1992
Format: Electronic Video
Language:French
Published: [Place of publication not identified] Les Films du Rat [2006]
Gloria Films [2006]
INA [2006]
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Online Access:BSB01
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Summary:This is the story of the genesis of a musical piece by Olivier Messiaen, the Quartet for the end of Time, that has been composed and interpreted during the Second World War in a prisoner camp. This is the story of a creation: one composer, three interpreters, instruments in a very bad shape, will challenge the imprisonment, the war, the cold, the starvation, the Time and chance the impossible
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