An analysis of Olivier Messiaen's last piano solo work: "Les Petites Esquisses d'oiseaux"
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Title
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An analysis of Olivier Messiaen's last piano solo work: "Les Petites Esquisses d'oiseaux"
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:51c7a61a4ac1:10071
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identifier
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10143
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Creator
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Nguyen, Quynh T.,
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Contributor
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Ruth DeFord
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Date
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2009
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Music | Musical performances | Analysis | birdsong | Fulbright | Messiaen | Performance | piano solo
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Abstract
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This dissertation studies in depth Olivier Messiaen's last piano solo composition, Les Petites Esquisses d'oiseaux. The work, dedicated to Yvonne Loriod, features the song of birds of France: the robin, the blackbird, the song thrush and the skylark.;Chapter 1 introduces the circumstances in which this work was composed. Chapter 2 provides an overview of the compositional techniques employed by Messiaen in this work, including modes, color-chords, neumes and Greek rhythmic meter. Chapter 3 discusses the significance of birdsong in Messiaen's composition and its use in Les Petites Esquisses d'oiseaux. Some of Messiaen's rough sketches of the robin, the blackbird, the skylark and the song thrush, contained in the 200 cahiers de notation stored at the Bibliotheque nationale de France, are examined and compared to the published work Les Petites Esquisses d'oiseaux. Chapter 4 provides an overview of the whole suite of six movements. Chapter 5 compares the three movements of "Le Rouge-gorge" [The Robin]. Chapter 6 discusses the three contrasting movements: "Le Merle noir" [The Blackbird], "La Grive musicienne" [The Song Thrush] and "L'Alouette des champs" [The Skylark]. Finally, Chapter 7 synthesizes the results of analyses and the information gleaned from lessons and conversations with Yvonne Loriod to address performance issues and offer recommendations to future performers of Les Petites Esquisses d'oiseaux.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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D.M.A.
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Program
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Music
