La Nativite Du Seigneur - Volume 1

Neuf méditations pour orgue-Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) is known for his unique composition style. Incorporating complex rhythms harmony and melodies ?La Nativit? Du Seigneur?is no exception to the composer's popular distinctive style. Volume 1 published in 1935 with the three following volumes comprises the first three meditations The Virgin and the Child The Shepherds and Eternal Purposes. The entire work by Messiaen ?La Nativit? Du Seigneur?is a testament to the composer's Christian faith. The work was one of the first to feature the composer's own modes of limitedtransposition and influences of birdsong. This edition of the popular Messiaen work includes notes by the composer on how to perform certain features.?La Nativit? Du Seigneur?is essential to all advanced organists seeking to expand and vary their repertoire.

Neuf méditations pour orgue-Written in four volumes ?La Nativit? Du Seigneur by Olivier Messiaen was written in 1935 and depicts his Roman Catholic faith. Written for Organ this piece is considered “one of the great Organ works of all time” and as a real masterpiece as said by R. F. Goldman the American composer. Divided into nine movements each of which portrays a concept related to the birth of Jesus: 1. La vierge et l'enfant (The Virgin and Child) 2. Les bergers (The Shepherds) 3. Desseins ?ternels (Eternal designs) 4. Le verbe (The Word) 5. Les enfants de Dieu (The Children of God) 6.Les anges (The Angels) 7. J?sus accepte la souffrance (Jesus accepts suffering) 8. Les mages (The Magi) 9. Dieu parmi nous (God Among Us) This second volume features the meditations 4 and 5. Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was a French organist and composer passionate about Ornithology and one of the most important composers of his century. Inspired by Japanese music he had a very special way of composing and his work can be identified by its complexity its diatonic aspect its harmony with limited transposition its colour and its additive rhythms. He composed many works related to ornithology and birdsong including the 'Bird Catalogue' in 7 volumes and the 'Treatise on rhythm colour and ornithology' in 7 volumes.