Title: Messiaen's Musical Language on the Holy Child: A Study of Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus, No: XIX: Je dors, mais mon coeur veille, No: XIV: Regard des Anges
Publisher: Wipf and Stock 10/26/2018
Publication Date: 2018
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1532664168
ISBN 13: 9781532664168
Binding: Soft cover

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Olivier Messiaen was a prominent twentieth-century French composer. His musical language includes highly complicated concepts derived from a variety of sources. Hindu rhythms, Greek rhythms, and bird calls influenced him deeply; his Catholic faith, however, had the greatest impact on his compositions. I provide a detailed analysis of two religiously motivated pieces from his Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-J�sus (Twenty Gazes upon the Infant Jesus), one of the most remarkable solo piano works of the twentieth-century, to explore how he integrates the Christian theology into his musical language.
Je dors, mais mon cœur veille (I sleep but my heart waketh) is a dialogue that represents Messiaen’s mystic love of God, whereas Regard des Anges (Gaze of the Angels) is a celebration symbolizing the angels beholding the birth of Jesus Christ. I explain how the entirely different subjects of the two pieces are articulated in the change of pitch collections and rhythmic structures, as well as how the changes of musical language through the use of the different pitch collections generate the formal structure that is related to the biblical source.

About the Author

Cagdas Soylar completed her doctoral degree in piano performance at Yasar University in Izmir, Turkey. She earned two master's degrees in piano performance at Pittsburg State University, and in collaborative piano at Azusa Pacific University. Winner of several piano competitions and recipient of numerous awards in the United States, she has performed extensively as a solo and collaborative pianist in China, Canada, and many countries in Europe; she is currently living in the Greater Los Angeles Area.

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