Olivier Messiaen Works
French composer, organist and ornithologist (1908–1992)
3
- organ
- opera, symphony
- France
- composer, organist, ornithologist, music teacher, musicologist, music theorist, pianist, university teacher, musician, librettist
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Complete works
Categories
Work for choir (7)
Song, lied (8)
Opera (1)
Work for soloist (35)
Work for chamber orchestra (15)
Work for orchestra (10)
Work for orchestra with soloist (5)
not qualified (1)
Creative activity
1917
age 9
76 years
1992
age 84
Number of works
Duration of the works (average or estimed)
Dated works
1992
1991
1990
1989
A smile
Un sourire
Work composed for large orchestra
The city on high
La ville d'En-haut
Work composed for brass, percussions, piano and winds
1988
Stained-glass window and birds
Un Vitrail et des oiseaux
Work composed for brass, percussions, piano and winds
1987
1986
1985
1984
Book of the Holy Sacrament
Livre du Saint Sacrament
Suite, composed for organ
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
Colours of the Celestial City
Couleurs de la Cité céleste
Work composed for ensemble and solo piano
Premiere on 1964-10-17
Prelude
Work composed for piano
1963
Monodie
Work composed for organ
Seven haikus
Sept Haïkaï, esquisses japonaises
Work composed for small orchestra and solo piano
1962
1961
1960
1959
Bird catalogue
Catalogue d'oiseaux
1958
1957
1956
1955
1953
1952
1951
1950
1949
1948
1947
1946
1945
Chant des déportés
Work composed for chorus and orchestra
1944
1943
1942
Musique de scène pour un Œdipe
Work composed for onde Martenot
1941
1940
1939
1938
1937
1936
1935
Vocalise
Melody, composed for piano and voice
Pièce pour le Tombeau de Paul Dukas
Work composed for piano
1934
1933
Mass
Work composed for soprano and violin
Fantasy
Work composed for piano and violin
1932
1931
The forgotten offerings
Les Offrandes oubliée, méditation symphonique
Work composed for orchestra
Premiere in 1931
le Tombeau resplendissant
Work composed for orchestra
1930
Offrande au Saint-Sacrement
Work composed for organ
les Offrandes oubliées (piano)
Work composed for piano
Simple chant d'une âme
Work composed for orchestra
3 Melodies
Melody, composed for piano and soprano
Number's death
la Mort du nombre
Work composed for piano, soprano, tenor and violin
Diptyque - Essai sur la vie terrestre et l'Éternité bienheureuse
Work composed for organ
1929
1928
Prelude for organ
l'Hôte aimable des âmes
Work composed for organ
Fugue
Work composed for orchestra
Variations écossaises
Work composed for organ
le Banquet eucharistique
Work composed for orchestra
1927
Esquisse modale
Work composed for organ
1926
1925
la Tristesse d'un grand ciel blanc
Work composed for piano
1924
1923
1922
1921
Deux ballades de Villon
Melody, composed for piano and voice
1920
1919
1918
1917
La dame de Shalotte
Work composed for piano