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For the end of time : the story of the Messiaen quartet / Rebecca Rischin.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: ML410.M595 R57 2006

Overview

Format: Book
Author/Creator: Rischin, Rebecca, 1967-
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006
©2003
Locale: France
Germany
Contents: The quartet begins
The quartet in prison
Preparing the premiere
Intermède
The premiere
The quartet free
After the quartet
Into eternity.
Notes: Includes discography (pages 135-138), bibliographical references (pages 163-168), and index.

The quartet begins -- The quartet in prison -- Preparing the premiere -- Intermède -- The premiere -- The quartet free -- After the quartet -- Into eternity.

Physical Details

Language: English
External Link: Electronic address (http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0d9r9-aa) not available when searched on Nov. 28, 2018.
ISBN: 0801472970
9780801472978
Physical Description: xiv, 175 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: Prisoners of war as musicians--France. Prisoners of war as musicians--Germany. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons. Music--First performances--Germany. Messiaen, Olivier,--1908-1992.--Quatuor pour la fin du temps.

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