Olivier Messiaen
Composer
Olivier Messiaen
1908 - 1992Biography
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 |
