Olivier Messiaen 1908-1992

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Olivier Messiaen1908-1992
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Timeline

• 1908 Born in Avignon (December 11)
• 1914 Father joins army/moves with mother and
  brother to Grenoble
• 1919 Family moves to Paris/studies at the Paris
  Conservatoire with Dupré, Dukas, Emmanuel, and
  Widor
• 1931 Becomes organist at the church of La
  Trinité in Paris
• 1932 Marries Claire Delbos
• 1936 La Jeune France
• 1937 Birth of son, Pascal/O Sacrum Convivium!

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• 1939 Called to military service as medical
  auxiliary
• 1940 Taken prisoner of war/Quatuor pour la fin
  du temps
• 1944 Wrote Technique de mon langage musical
• 1959 Death of first wife
• 1961 Marries Yvonne Loriod
• 1966 Becomes professor of composition at Paris
  Conservatoire
• (lots of composing/teaching until)
• 1992 Messiaen dies (April 28)

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O Sacrum ConviviumO Sacred Banquet

• O sacrum convivium,
• in quo Christus sumitur
• recolitur memoria passionis eius
• mens impletur gratia et futurae gloriae nobis
  pignus datur.

• O sacred banquet,
• in which Christ is received,
• the memory of His Passion is renewed,
• the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of
  future glory is given to us.

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O sacred banquet! in which Christ is received
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the memory of His Passion is renewed the mind is
filled with grace,
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the mind is filled with grace. O sacred, sacred
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sacred, sacred, O sacred banquet, in which Christ
is received,
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the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of
future glory
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is given to us, Alleluia.
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O sacred, sacred banquet!
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Bibliography

• Hill, Peter, ed. The Messiaen Companion.
  Portland Amadeus P, 1994.
• Glasow, E Thomas, trans. Olivier Messiaen Music
  and Color, Conversations with Claude Samuel.
  Portland Amadeus P, 1986.
• Johnson, Robert S. Messiaen. Berkely and Los
  Angeles, CA University of California P, 1975.
• Hill, Peter and Nigel Simeone. Messiaen. New
  Haven and London Yale UP, 2005.
• "O Sacred Banquet (O Sacrum Convivium)." Society
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• London Sinfonietta. "O Sacrum Convivium!" By
  Olivier Messiaen. Rec. Aug. 1990. Messiaen Trois
  Petites Liturgies. Virgin Classics Limited.