Book contents
- Messiaen in Context
- Composers in Context
- Messiaen in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Musical Examples
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Part I Mondial Messiaen
- Part II Messiaen and Theology
- Part III Composers, Performers, and Critics
- Part IV Concepts and Legacy
- Chapter 25 The Simplicity of Messiaen
- Chapter 26 Music in Colour
- Chapter 27 The Opposite of Time
- Chapter 28 Messiaen and Surrealism
- Chapter 29 An Explosive Confrontation
- Chapter 30 Messiaen and Jacques Charpentier
- Chapter 31 Messiaen and Boulez
- Chapter 32 Messiaen and Spectralism
- Chapter 33 Olivier Messiaen and Jean-Louis Florentz
- Chapter 34 Messiaen in France Today
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 29 - An Explosive Confrontation
Messiaen and the Post-War Avant-Garde
from Part IV - Concepts and Legacy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 November 2023
- Messiaen in Context
- Composers in Context
- Messiaen in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Musical Examples
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Part I Mondial Messiaen
- Part II Messiaen and Theology
- Part III Composers, Performers, and Critics
- Part IV Concepts and Legacy
- Chapter 25 The Simplicity of Messiaen
- Chapter 26 Music in Colour
- Chapter 27 The Opposite of Time
- Chapter 28 Messiaen and Surrealism
- Chapter 29 An Explosive Confrontation
- Chapter 30 Messiaen and Jacques Charpentier
- Chapter 31 Messiaen and Boulez
- Chapter 32 Messiaen and Spectralism
- Chapter 33 Olivier Messiaen and Jean-Louis Florentz
- Chapter 34 Messiaen in France Today
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter examines the way in which the idea of a European avant-garde is formed in the wake of Messiaen’s thought and the ways in which this reflexively informed Messiaen’s own work. It focuses in particular on the theoretical achievements of Ligeti, Stockhausen, and Xenakis and how formed a new ways of thinking about music.
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- Messiaen in Context , pp. 267 - 277Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023