Olivier Messiaen

Composer

Olivier Messiaen

1908 - 1992

Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. He wrote music for chamber ensembles and orchestra, vocal music, as well as for solo organ and piano, and also experimented with the use of novel electronic instruments developed in Europe during his lifetime.

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Song List

This list is likely to be of songs that have been performed at Oxford International Song Festivals and Oxford Song events, and may not be comprehensive of this composer's compositions. This database is ever growing as a work in progress, with further songs regularly being added.

Action des grâces (1936) Olivier Messiaen
Adieu (1945) Op. 21 no.3 Olivier Messiaen
Amen de l'agonie de Jésus (1943) Olivier Messiaen
Amen de la Consommation (1943) Olivier Messiaen
Amen de la Création (1943) Olivier Messiaen
Amen des Anges, des Saints, du chant des oiseaux (1943) Olivier Messiaen
Amen des étoiles, de la planète à l'anneau (1943) Olivier Messiaen
Amen du Désir (1943) Olivier Messiaen
Amen du Jugement (1943) Olivier Messiaen
Amour oiseau d'étoile (1945) Olivier Messiaen
Bonjour toi, colombe vert (1945) Olivier Messiaen
Chants de terre et de ciel (1938) Olivier Messiaen
Dans le noir (1945) Olivier Messiaen
Doundou tchil (1945) Olivier Messiaen
Épouvante (1936) Olivier Messiaen
Harawi (Chant d'amour et de mort) (1945) Olivier Messiaen
Katchikatchi les étoiles (1945) Olivier Messiaen
L'amour de Piroutcha (1945) Olivier Messiaen
L'épouse (1936) Olivier Messiaen
L'escalier redit, gestes du soleil (1945) Olivier Messiaen
La fiancée perdue (1930) Olivier Messiaen
La maison (1936) Olivier Messiaen
La ville qui dormait, toi (1945) Olivier Messiaen
Le collier (1936) Olivier Messiaen
Le merle noir (solo piano) Olivier Messiaen
Le sourire (1930) Olivier Messiaen
Les deux guerriers (1936) Olivier Messiaen
Montagnes (1945) Olivier Messiaen
Paysage (1936) Olivier Messiaen
Poèmes pour Mi (1936) 1936-1937 Olivier Messiaen
Pourquoi? (1930) Olivier Messiaen
Prière exaucée (1936) Olivier Messiaen
Répétition planétaire (1945) Olivier Messiaen
Résurrection (pour le jour de Pâques) (1938) Olivier Messiaen
Syllabes (1945) Olivier Messiaen
Ta voix (1936) Olivier Messiaen
Trois Mélodies (1930) Olivier Messiaen
Visions de l'Amen (1943) Olivier Messiaen
Vocalise (1910) Op. 34 no.14 1910-1912 Olivier Messiaen
Vocalise étude (1935) Olivier Messiaen

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