Olivier Messiaen's "Quartet for the End of Time"| A look at The Abyss of the Birds and socio-political issues, religion and performance practice in reference to the bible and the holocaust
<p>Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time stands as a commentary on the end of both literal time (the end of the world) and musical time (ie. time signatures and meter). Written during World War II in a prisoner of war camp, the Quartet signifies a point in history steeped in turm...
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California State University, Long Beach
2015
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| Online Access: | http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1587904 |