Quatuor pour la fin du temps
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Quatuor pour la fin du temps is a landmark 1941 chamber work for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano by Olivier Messiaen, composed and first performed in a German prisoner-of-war camp and inspired by apocalyptic passages from the Book of Revelation.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
20th-century classical composition
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chamber music composition ⓘ string quartet with piano ⓘ |
| composer | Olivier Messiaen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfComposition | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Angel of the Apocalypse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresElement | birdsong transcriptions ⓘ |
| genre | chamber music ⓘ |
| hasKeyCharacteristic |
intense religious symbolism
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irregular rhythmic cycles ⓘ unusual instrumentation for a quartet ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Book of Revelation
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Christian eschatology ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| movement |
I. Liturgie de cristal
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II. Vocalise, pour l’Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps ⓘ III. Abîme des oiseaux NERFINISHED ⓘ IV. Intermède ⓘ V. Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus NERFINISHED ⓘ VI. Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes NERFINISHED ⓘ VII. Fouillis d’arcs-en-ciel, pour l’Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps NERFINISHED ⓘ VIII. Louange à l’Immortalité de Jésus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMovement |
Abîme des oiseaux for solo clarinet
NERFINISHED
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Louange à l’Immortalité de Jésus for violin and piano NERFINISHED ⓘ Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus for cello and piano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfMovements | 8 ⓘ |
| placeComposed | Stalag VIII-A, Görlitz, German prisoner-of-war camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereAudienceType | prisoners of war ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 15 January 1941 ⓘ |
| premierePerformedBy |
Henri Akoka
NERFINISHED
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Jean Le Boulaire NERFINISHED ⓘ Olivier Messiaen NERFINISHED ⓘ Étienne Pasquier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Stalag VIII-A, Görlitz, German prisoner-of-war camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTheme |
angelic visions
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apocalypse ⓘ eternity ⓘ |
| scoredForInstrument |
cello
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clarinet ⓘ piano ⓘ violin ⓘ |
| style |
French modernism
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spiritual minimalism precursor ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Quartet for the End of Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
additive rhythms
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modes of limited transposition ⓘ non-retrogradable rhythms ⓘ |
| yearComposed | 1941 ⓘ |
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