“The first idea is that of a music that is coloured, or rather, a music that is a function of colour.”

Olivier Messiaen

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About Olivier Messiaen

Composer French

Olivier Messiaen was a monumental French composer, organist, and ornithologist of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex, based on what he called 'modes of limited transposition.' Deeply influenced by his...

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