Friday, July 16, 2010

Oliver Messiaen- 'On Birdsongs'

Oliver Messiaen is one of my favorite 20th century music composers. I had always heard that one of his big influences was the songs of birds...


 These influences of birdsongs are important to keep in mind when you hear his work, for example one of his most famous works, the 'Quartet for the End of Time':

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I never knew that!