OLIVIER MESSIAEN ROUTLEDGE MUSIC BIBLIOGRAPHIES COMPOSERS Edward Elgar (1993) Gioachino Rossini (2002) Christopher Kent Denise P. Gallo Isaac Albe´niz (1998) Walter A. Clark Gabriel Faure´ (1999) Camille Saint-Sae¨ns (2003) Edward R. Phillips Timothy S. Flynn C. P. E. Bach (2002) Doris Bosworth Powers Christoph Willibald Gluck, Alessandro and Domenico 2nd Edition (2003) Scarlatti (1993) Samuel Barber (2001) Patricia Howard Carole F. Vidali Wayne C. Wentzel G.F. Handel, Heinrich Schenker (2003) Be´la Barto´k, 2nd Edition (2004) Benjamin Ayotte 2nd Edition (1997) Mary Ann Parker Elliott Antokoletz Alexander Scriabin (2004) Paul Hindemith (2005) Ellon D. Carpenter Vincenzo Bellini (2002) Stephen Luttman Stephen A. Willier Jean Sibelius (1998) Charles Ives (2002) Glenda D. Goss Alban Berg (1996) Gayle Sherwood Bryan R. Simms Giuseppe Verdi (1998) Scott Joplin (1998) Gregory Harwood Leonard Bernstein (2001) Nancy R. Ping-Robbins Paul F. Laird Toma´s Luis de Victoria Zolta´n Koda´ly (1998) (1998) Johannes Brahms (2003) Mı´chea´l Houlahan and Eugene Casjen Cramer Heather Platt Philip Tacka Richard Wagner (2002) Benjamin Britten (1996) Franz Liszt, 2nd Edition Michael Saffle Peter J. Hodgson (2004) Adrian Willaert (2004) William Byrd, Michael Saffle David Michael Kidger 2nd Edition (2005) Guillaume de Machaut Richard Turbet (1995) Elliott Carter (2000) Lawrence Earp GENRES John L. Link Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy American Music Carlos Cha´vez (1998) (2001) Librarianship (2005) Robert Parker John Michael Cooper Carol June Bradley Fre´de´ric Chopin (1999) Olivier Messiaen (2008) Central European Folk Music (1996) William Smialek Vincent P. Benitez Philip V. Bohlman Aaron Copland (2001) Giovanni Pierluigi da Chamber Music, Marta Robertson and Palestrina (2001) 2nd Edition (2002) Robin Armstrong Clara Marvin John H. Baron Frederick Delius (2005) Giacomo Puccini (1999) Church and Worship Music Mary L. Huisman Linda B. Fairtile (2005) Gaetano Donizetti (2000) Maurice Ravel (2004) Avery T. Sharp and James P. Cassaro Stephen Zank James Michael Floyd The Concerto (2006) North American Indian Serial Music and Serialism Stephen D. Lindeman Music (1997) (2001) Richard Keeling John D. Vander Weg Ethnomusicology (2003) Jennifer C. Post Opera, String Quartets (2005) 2nd Edition (2001) Mara E. Parker Jazz Scholarship and Guy Marco Pedagogy, 3rd Edition (2005) The Violin (2006) Eddie S. Meadows The Recorder, Mark Katz 2nd Edition (2003) Music in Canada (1997) Richard Griscom and Women in Music (2005) Carl Morey David Lasocki Karin Pendle The Musical (2004) William A. Everett OLIVIER MESSIAEN ARESEARCH AND INFORMATION GUIDE VINCENT P. BENITEZ ROUTLEDGE MUSIC BIBLIOGRAPHIES First published 2008 by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 Simultaneously published in the UK by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2007. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business # 2008 Taylor & Francis All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. 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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A catalog record has been requested for this book ISBN 0-203-93558-6 Master e-book ISBN ISBN10: 0-415-97372-4 (hbk) ISBN10: 0-203-93558-6 (ebk) ISBN13: 978-0-415-97372-4 (hbk) ISBN13: 978-0-203-93558-3 (ebk) This book is dedicated to my wife, Esther Ann Wingfield Benitez, for all her love and patience Contents Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii 1 Olivier Messiaen: Life, Musical Style and Works, and Studies 1 A Sketch of Messiaen’s Life 1 A Survey of Messiaen’s Musical Style and Works 4 A Discussion of Messiaen Studies Past and Present 7 Messiaen Bibliographies 10 2 Primary Sources I: Collections, Articles and Reviews, Pedagogical Works, and Lectures and Librettos 13 Collections 13 Articles, Essays in Collected Editions, Reviews, and Other Materials by Messiaen 15 Pedagogical Works 32 Lectures and Librettos 36 3 Primary Sources II: Prefaces to Works, Interviews, Published Correspondence, and Documentaries and Filmed Performances 39 Prefaces to Works, Articles/Special Issues, and Books 39 Interviews 59 Published Correspondence and Dedicatory Notes 73 Documentaries and Filmed Performances 75 4 Biographical and Stylistic Studies 79 General Studies of Messiaen’s Life and Music, Style, and Aesthetics 79 Specialized Discussions of Messiaen’s Music 89 Essay Collections, Program Booklets, and Special Periodical Issues Devoted to Messiaen 94 ix x Contents General Biographical, Historical, and Stylistic Discussions of Messiaen and His Music in Articles and Essays in Collected Editions 100 5 Topical Studies 121 Analytical and Theoretical Studies of Messiaen’s Music 121 Birdsong 136 Instrumental, Orchestral, Choral, and Vocal Music 139 Organ Music 140 Piano Music 149 Messiaen as Teacher 152 6 Studies of Particular Works 157 Opera 157 Orchestral Works 164 Chamber Works 172 Organ Works 178 Piano Works 188 Vocal and Choral Works 200 Electronic Works 207 7 Accounts of Messiaen and His Work in Sources Devoted to Other Topics 209 Articles and Essays in Collections 209 Books and Textbooks 225 Dissertations and Other Unpublished Documents 241 Dictionary and Encyclopedia Articles 245 8 Selected Listings of Reviews of Books, Essay Collections, Monographs, Treatises, World Premieres, and Significant Performances 249 Selected Reviews of Books, Essay Collections, Monographs, and Treatises 249 Selected Reviews of World Premieres and Significant Performances of Messiaen’s Works 254 9 Other Source Materials: Messiaen Web Sites, Competitions, Conferences, and Festivals 265 Messiaen Web Sites 265 Competitions 270 Conferences 271 Festivals 272 Contents xi Appendix 1 List of Musical Works by Olivier Messiaen 275 I Opera 276 II Orchestral Works 277 III Chamber and Instrumental 283 IV Organ 286 V Piano 291 VI Vocal and Choral 296 VII Electronic 303 Appendix 2 Selected Discography of Musical Works by Olivier Messiaen 305 Index of Names 327 Index of Musical Works by Olivier Messiaen 333 Preface PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE VOLUME Since his death in 1992, Olivier Messiaen has increasingly been recognized as one of the major composers of the twentieth century. His music continues to be played and studied throughout the world. Messiaen also distinguished himself as a teacher at the Paris Conservatoire from 1941 to 1978, with William Albright, Jean Barraque´, George Benjamin, Pierre Boulez, Alexander Goehr, Karel Goeyvaerts, Tristan Murail, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Iannis Xenakis numbering among his pupils. At l’E´ glise de la Sainte-Trinite´ in Paris, one of the city’s more prominent churches, Messiaen served as titular orga- nist from 1931 to 1991. He was an avid collector of birdsongs throughout his life and incorporated them into his music. Indeed, Messiaen’s knowledge of birdcalls was substantial, approaching that of professional ornithologists. Interest in Messiaen and his music has been growing for several decades. Numerous primary sources are available, such as interviews and lectures, didactic treatises, commentaries on his works, articles and reviews for journals and essay collections, and prefaces to the books and music of others. Likewise, numerous musicological studies dealing with Messiaen’s life and work have been published in several different languages. Many conferences, festivals, and concerts devoted solely to his music have taken place, and recordings of his works are numerous, all reflecting his interna- tional stature as a composer. In this technological age, information on Messiaen can be found on the Internet. Interestingly, no extensive anno- tated bibliography has ever been published that organizes this massive amount of data. The present volume, Olivier Messiaen: A Research and Information Guide, is intended to fill this important need. In a word, Olivier Messiaen: A Research and Information Guide presents the reader with the most significant and helpful resources on Messiaen published between 1930 and 2007. Most of the entries are in English, French, and German, reflecting the significance of Messiaen scholarship in the United Kingdom, United States, France, Austria, and Germany. With regard to primary sources, the book attempts to be as comprehensive as possible, listing most of Messiaen’s interviews and writings with an eye to offering a ‘‘biography in documents.’’ The book, out of necessity, includes only those secondary resources that are considered to be the more con- sequential examples of Messiaen scholarship. An introductory chapter offers a short biography of Messiaen, a consideration of his musical style and xiii xiv Preface works, and a discussion of Messiaen studies. Chapters 2 and 3 concentrate on the primary literature organized around the following categories: (1) manu- script collections; (2) articles and reviews; (3) pedagogical works; (4) lectures and librettos; (5) prefaces; (6) interviews; (7) correspondence; and (8) documentaries and filmed performances. Chapters 4 through