Groves: Messiaen

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Use the questions to guide your note-taking. Do not quote verbatim from the book without putting quotes around it. When taking the quiz, try to paraphrase as much as possible, but if you have to use something verbatim, use quotation marks and cite the source.

questions:

1) Who was Messiaen's composition teacherat the Paris Conservatory?

2) Where was Messiaen when he wrote Quatuor pour la fin du temps?

3) How does Messiaen portray the end of time musically?

4) Who were Messiaen's pupils at the Paris Conservatory?

5) How did Messiaen apply serial methods in the TurangalÓla Symphony?

6) Summarize Messiaen's use of birdsongs.

7) Discuss the role of religion in Messiaen's music.

8) What is a "mode oflimited transposition?"

9) Discuss the influence of non-Western music in Messiaen's music.

10) The author of the "Messiaen" article says that the "Quatuoris a special case." Why?