Messiaen's explorations of love and death : musico-poetic signification in the Tristan trilogy and three related song cycles /

Bruhn, Siglind.

Messiaen's explorations of love and death : musico-poetic signification in the Tristan trilogy and three related song cycles / by Siglind Bruhn. - Hillsdale, NY : Pendragon Press, 2008. - 288 p. : ill., partial musical scores ; 24 cm. - Dimension & diversity : studies in 20th-century music ; no. 8 .

Includes bibliography (p.277-280) and index.

Languages and metaphors of love God present in all things Fated love, a demanding path toward God.

9781576471364

2008008668


Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992 --Criticism and interpretation.


Music--History and criticism.--20th entury
Tristan (Legendary character)--Songs and music--History and criticism.
Love in music.
Death in music.

ML410.M595 / B785 2008

782.4/7092