Olivier Messiaen: The Technique of My Musical Language, 2 Vols. (1944/1956)

In this relatively brief book, Messiaen has laid out a clear outline of certain principles of construction he has employed in composition. The second volume consists of musical examples taken from the French original.

First published in French as Technique de mon langage musical, Alphonse Leduc, Paris, 1944
Translated by John Satterfield
Publisher Alphonse Leduc, Paris, 1956
ISBN 0685148270, 9780685148273
74 and 61 pages

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