Olivier Messiaen's Catalogue d'oiseaux

Roderick Chadwick and Peter Hill give a detailed account of the evolution of Olivier Messiaen''s Catalogue d''oiseaux for piano solo, from its initial conception in the Black Forest in 1953 to its completion and premiere in the Parisian ''Concerts du Domaine Musical'' at the end of the decade. Through close examination of the composer''s birdsong cahiers they demonstrate how Messiaen translated na...