Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps Quartet for the End of Time : Pocket Score. This item is unavailable.Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps Quartet for the End of Time : Pocket Score

French composer Olivier Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps, also known as Quartet for the End of Time, is presented here as a study score for clarinet, violin, cello and piano. This chamber music score brings the complete work together for musicians, conductors, teachers, scholars and listeners interested in score reading, rehearsal reference, ensemble preparation and one of Messiaen’s defining chamber compositions.

The book contains the complete composition in eight movements, presenting the musical material for the full clarinet, violin, cello and piano ensemble within one score. It gives readers a practical way to follow the interaction among all four instruments while examining Messiaen’s distinctive writing, sonorities, rhythmic ideas and expressive contrasts.

Working from the complete score can support close musical study and a clearer understanding of how individual instrumental lines relate within the quartet. For ensemble preparation, interpretation or personal study, the score provides a single reference for observing texture, entrances, musical dialogue and the changing character of the work from movement to movement. It also offers a valuable way to deepen familiarity with Messiaen’s chamber music through repeated listening and score reading.

Song List

Liturgie de Cristal * Vocalise pour l’Ange * Abîme des Oiseaux * Intermède * Louange à l’Eternité de Jésus * Danse de la Fureur * Fouillis d’Arcs-en-Ciel * Louange à l’Immortalité de Jésus

This study score is a useful reference for examining the work, preparing for rehearsals and performances, teaching or exploring chamber repertoire, and following the quartet while listening. It can also make a thoughtful music gift for admirers of Olivier Messiaen, twentieth-century classical music and chamber works for clarinet, violin, cello and piano.