{"product_id":"visions-of-amen-the-early-life-and-music-of-olivier-messiaen-9780802882622","title":"Visions of Amen: The Early Life and Music of Olivier Messiaen","description":"\u003ci\u003eInformed study of composer Olivier Messiaen in light of recent research\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e French composer Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) is probably best known for his \u003ci\u003eQuartet for the End of Time\u003c\/i\u003e, premiered in a German prisoner-of-war camp in 1941. However, Messiaen was a remarkably complex, intelligent person with a sometimes tragic domestic life who composed a wide range of music. This book explores the enormous web of influences in the early part of Messiaen's long life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The first section of the book provides an intellectual biography of Messiaen's early life in order to make his (difficult) music more accessible to the general listener. The second section offers an analysis of and thematic commentaries on Messiaen's pivotal work for two pianos, \u003ci\u003eVisions of Amen\u003c\/i\u003e, composed in 1943. Schloesser's analysis includes timing indications corresponding to a downloadable performance of the work by accomplished pianists Stéphane Lemelin and Hyesook Kim.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Schloesser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 594\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.32d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802882622\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen Schloesser is professor of history at Loyola University Chicago and the author of \u003ci\u003eJazz Age Catholicism: Mystic Modernism in Postwar Paris, 1919-1933, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the John Gilmary Shea Prize from the American Catholic Historical Association.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43211443732595,"sku":"9.7808E+12","price":63.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_6f60acf6-3686-4bbe-bfc5-b594b6ce2354.jpg?v=1753184957","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/visions-of-amen-the-early-life-and-music-of-olivier-messiaen-9780802882622","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}