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Olivier Messiaen vinyl records

11 albums with 172 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen. Born: December 10, 1908 (Avignon, France). Died: April 27, 1992. French composer, organist, and ornithologist, one of the major composers of the 20th century. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire (1919-1930) taught by , and among others. He was eventually appointed as a professor at the Paris Conservatoire (1941-1978) while also serving as organist at . It is apparent from his first published work of the eight Preludes for piano, that he was using his own modal system, with its strong flavouring of tritones, diminished 7ths and augmented triads. During the 1930's he added a taste for rhythmic irregularity and for the rapid changing of intense colours, in both orchestral and organ works.