Olivier Messiaen’s Mode de valeurs et d’intensités
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Olivier Messiaen’s Mode de valeurs et d’intensités is a pioneering post-tonal piano piece that systematically organizes pitch, duration, dynamics, and articulation into fixed “modes,” profoundly influencing integral serialism and mid-20th-century avant-garde music.
Observed surface forms (1)
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| Mode de valeurs et d’intensités | 0 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
20th-century classical composition
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piano piece ⓘ post-tonal composition ⓘ |
| analyzedBy | numerous 20th-century music theorists ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Olivier Messiaen’s modes of limited transposition
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Olivier Messiaen’s rhythmic theories ⓘ |
| catalogueStatus | standalone piano piece ⓘ |
| composer | Olivier Messiaen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerAffiliation | Conservatoire de Paris (through Messiaen’s teaching) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerNationality | French ⓘ |
| composerStylePeriod | Messiaen’s middle period ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 1949 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | none known ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceContext | post-World War II European modernist scene ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde music
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post-tonal music ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
landmark in post-tonal piano repertoire
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precursor of integral serial techniques ⓘ |
| impact | profound influence on mid-20th-century avant-garde music ⓘ |
| influenced |
European avant-garde composers
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Karlheinz Stockhausen NERFINISHED ⓘ Pierre Boulez NERFINISHED ⓘ early Darmstadt School ⓘ integral serialism ⓘ total serialism ⓘ |
| influencedDevelopmentOf |
serial treatment of articulation
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serial treatment of dynamics ⓘ serial treatment of rhythm ⓘ |
| inMusicTheory | example of early total organization of parameters ⓘ |
| instrumentation | solo piano ⓘ |
| medium | solo keyboard ⓘ |
| movement | post-war avant-garde ⓘ |
| notableFor |
systematic organization of pitch, duration, dynamics, and articulation
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use of fixed modes of attacks and articulations ⓘ use of fixed modes of durations ⓘ use of fixed modes of intensities ⓘ |
| period | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | integral organization of musical parameters ⓘ |
| structure | three-part form ⓘ |
| studiedIn | music theory curricula ⓘ |
| technique |
parametric organization
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pre-serial ordering of musical parameters ⓘ |
| translatedTitle | Mode of Durations and Intensities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workTitleLanguage | French ⓘ |
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