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  • Chapter 11 - Ressourcement Theology in the Interwar Works of Olivier Messiaen

  • from Part II - Messiaen and Theology
  • Edited by Robert Sholl, Royal Academy of Music and University of West London
  • Book:
    Messiaen in Context
    Published online:
    09 November 2023
    Print publication:
    30 November 2023, pp 95-102

  • Summary

    Messiaen distinguished himself from other interwar French Catholic composers musically and theologically; whereas their neoclassical style was Neo-Thomist, Messiaen’s aesthetic language reflected the emerging ressourcement movement. To combat the modern crisis of faith, ressourcement theologians returned to the Bible and the Church Fathers to revitalize Christianity. This chapter demonstrates Messiaen’s engagement with ressourcement thought, from Catholic Revival#–inspired song cycles to the instrumental works’ spiritual texts. In his selection, editing, and recombination of biblical and liturgical citations, Messiaen embodied the ressourcement ethos: returning to the source of faith to transform the contemporary world.