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    STUDIA MUSICA - Issue no. 2 / 2008  
         
  Article:   ON THE INTERPRETATION OF ORGAN CYCLE LES CORPS GLORIEUX OF OLIVIER MESSIAEN / ÜBER DIE INTERPRETATION DES ORGEL ZYKLUS LES CORPS GLORIEUX VON OLIVIER MESSIAEN.

Authors:  ERZSÉBET WINDHAGER-GERÉD. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:  Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was not only one of the most influential composers of the twentieth century, he was also one of the most religious musicians in the whole music history. In his organ cycle Les Corps glorieux (Seven Brief Visions of the Life of the Resurrected), composed in 1939, shortly before Europe was engulfed by the Second World War, Messiaen succeeded in creating a mystical description of the essence of the Christian religion. In this cycle he manages to use virtually the entire palette of his musical language, from polyrhythm derived from old Indian rhythms and ancient Greek metrics to monodies and polyphonic structures, derived from Gregorian plainchants of the Roman Liturgy.

Keywords: Interpretation, Orgel Zyklus, Messiaen, polyrhythm, Indian rhythms, ancient, Greek metrics, monodies, polyphonic, Gregorian plainchants, Roman Liturgy.
  
         
     
         
         
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