Chronochromie
Chronochromie (Time-Colour) is an orchestral work by French composer Olivier Messiaen, completed in 1960.[1] It consists of seven movements:
- Introduction
- Strophe I
- Antistrophe I
- Strophe II
- Antistrophe II
- Epode
- Coda
The sixth movement consists of 18 string instruments playing different birdsong. The first performance was in Donaueschingen on 16 October 1960, conducted by Hans Rosbaud.
Instrumentation[]
The work is scored for the following orchestra:[2]
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References[]
- ^ The Oxford Companion to Music. Oxford University Press.[full citation needed]
- ^ Alphonse Leduc (publisher) title entry, Chronochromie.
Further reading[]
- Bauer, Amy. 2008. "The Impossible Charm of Messiaen's Chronochromie". In Messiaen Studies, edited by Robert Sholl, 145–67. Cambridge Composer Studies. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-521-83981-5.
- Sherlaw Johnson, Robert. 1989. Messiaen, revised and updated edition. London: J. M. Dent & Sons; Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 9780460126038 (London); ISBN 9780520067349 (Berkeley).
Categories:
- Compositions by Olivier Messiaen
- 1960 compositions
- Compositions for symphony orchestra
- Classical composition stubs