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Olivier Messiaen Masterpieces

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Masterpieces Olivier Messiaen

1908-1992

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2021

20th century

French composer, organist and ornithologist

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  • organ
  • opera, symphony
  • France
  • composer, organist, ornithologist, music pedagogue, musicologist, music theorist, pianist, university teacher, writer, musician

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1908-1992

1000

1500

2021

20th century

French composer, organist and ornithologist

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  • organ
  • opera, symphony
  • France
  • composer, organist, ornithologist, music pedagogue, musicologist, music theorist, pianist, university teacher, writer, musician

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Essential works

1908
Olivier Messiaen
1992
110+ works listed
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Timeline :
19101910
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1941

Quartet for the End of Time

Work for chamber orchestra

1949

Turangalîla-Symphonie

Work for orchestra with soloist

1945

Twenty gazes on the Christ-child

Work for soloist

St. Francis of Assisi

Opera

1983

Flashes on the beyond

Work for orchestra

1992

Creative activity

based on dated works only

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 Duration of the works

(average or estimed)

 Number of works

1917

76 years

1992

 

Number of works

 

Duration of the works (average or estimed)

Vocal music
Instrumental music
Incidental music

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)

Other renowned works

1986 - Le Livre du Saint-Sacrement

1974 - From the canyons to the stars…

1965 - And we await the resurrection of the dead

1959 - Bird catalogue

1934 - The Ascension

Compositions by Olivier Messiaen (110+) ...

This selection of works is not the result of personal preferences or artistic opinion. Selected works come from an exclusive data analysis method developed by soclassiq.

The dating of the works can be precise or sometimes approximate. It may correspond to the premiere date or publication year or completion of the composition (that can be several years after its first public execution).

1900 .. 1990 : the essential composers

1882-1971 Igor Stravinsky °

1860-1911 Gustav Mahler °

1865-1957 Jean Sibelius °

1858-1924 Giacomo Puccini °

1862-1918 Claude Debussy °

1873-1943 Sergei Rachmaninoff °

1875-1937 Maurice Ravel °

1857-1934 Edward Elgar °

1928-2020 Ennio Morricone

1866-1925 Erik Satie °

1863-1945 Pietro Mascagni

1935-oooo Arvo Pärt

° : Masterpieces listed

The 20th-century classical music greatest works

The 20th-century classical music composers

On stage or recorded, listen these essential works Olivier Messiaen

Meet the greatest works of classical music

Currently, 25000+ works are listed for a small selection of 101 composers among thousands listed here. Many composers are missing of which some are essential: J. Rodriguo, C. Franck, H. Gorecki, C. Nielsen, J.Corigliano, P. Hindemith, C. Ives, A. Webern ... New catalogues will be processed later to complete this experience of the discovery of the classical music masterpieces. Thus this selection of works will be updated.

Composers with listed works ...


Vocal music

  • Work for choir
  • Song, lied
  • Opera

Incidental music

  • Ballet
  • Theatrical music
  • Film score

Instrumental music

  • Work for soloist
  • Work for chamber orchestra
  • Work for orchestra
  • Work for orchestra with soloist

Through the ages

10 centuries of classical music

  • 20th century
  • Romantic
  • Classical
  • Baroque
  • Renaissance

Some major genres or forms among the 150 listed

Concerto, Symphony, Rhapsody, Sonata, Lied, Mass, Suite, Trio, Quartet, Quintet, Waltz, March, Operetta, ...

Composed for piano, harpsichord, organ, violin, cello, viola, flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, string orchestra, string quartet, ...


The purpose of these pages is to point out few relevant works only among tens of thousands and to provide some chronological references.

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