Olivier Messiaen's opera, Saint François d'Assise / Vincent Perez Benitez.
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TextPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2019]Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 302 pages) : musicContent type: - text
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- 9780253042903
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- 9780253042897
- 0253042895
- 782.1 23
- ML410.M595 B46 2019
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-295) and index.
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.
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.
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