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Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992) French composer and organist, one of the most influential teachers of this century.
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Author's note: The gesture is towards the Quartet for the End of Time by Olivier Messiaen, composed and first performed in a prisoner-of-war camp in Silesia in 1941. (Infinite City, p. 103)
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The Elephant in the Clock : A Personal Fantasia
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , July vol. 4 no. 1 2014; 'An exploration of the author’s abiding interest in the nature of time, memory, the force of the past, and the promptings of nostalgia. His speculations touch on notions of the past’s ‘reachability’, the question of fate and free will, and more implicitly on the impulse to faith and transcendence. The discussion is counterpointed with a range of examples from his poetry in which these concerns are foregrounded or implied.' (Publication abstract)
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The Elephant in the Clock : A Personal Fantasia
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , July vol. 4 no. 1 2014; 'An exploration of the author’s abiding interest in the nature of time, memory, the force of the past, and the promptings of nostalgia. His speculations touch on notions of the past’s ‘reachability’, the question of fate and free will, and more implicitly on the impulse to faith and transcendence. The discussion is counterpointed with a range of examples from his poetry in which these concerns are foregrounded or implied.' (Publication abstract)
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