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| List of Figures | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Note to Reader: How to Use This Book | |
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| The 66 Masterclasses | |
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| Introduction: A Philosophy of the Performer's Role as an Interpreter | |
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| Le Banquet c�leste (1928) | |
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| Diptyque (1928) | |
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| Apparition de l'�glise �ternelle (1932) | |
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| L'Ascension {1933, version for organ) | |
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| Majest� du Christ demandant sa Gloire � son P�re | |
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| All�luias sereins d'une �me qui d�sire le Ciel | |
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| Transports de Joie d'une �me devant la Gloire du Christ qui est la sienne | |
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| Pri�re du Christ montant vers son P�re | |
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| La Nativit� du Seigneur, Nine Meditations (1935) | |
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| La Vierge et l'Enfant | |
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| Les Bergers | |
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| Desseins �ternels | |
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| Le Verbe | |
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| Les Enfants de Dieu | |
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| Les Anges | |
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| J�sus accepte la Souffrance | |
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| Les Mages | |
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| Dieu parmi nous | |
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| Les Corps glorieux, Seven Short Visions of the Life of the Resurrected (1939) | |
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| Subtilit� des Corps glorieux | |
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| Les Eaux de la Gr�ce | |
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| L'Ange aux Parfums | |
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| Combat de la Mort et de la Vie | |
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| Force et Agilit� des Corps glorieux | |
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| Joie et Clart� des Corps glorieux | |
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| Le Myst�re de la Sainte Trinite� | |
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| Messe de la Pentec�te (1950) | |
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| Entr�e-Les Langues de Feu | |
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| Offertoire-Les Choses visibles et invisibles | |
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| Cons�cration-Le Don de Sagesse | |
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| Communion-Les Oiseaux et les Sources | |
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| Sortie-Le Vent de I'Esprit | |
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| Livre d'Orgue, Seven Pieces (1951) | |
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| Reprises par Interversion | |
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| Pi�ce en Trio | |
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| Les Mains de l'Ab�me | |
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| Chants d'Oiseaux | |
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| Pi�ce en Trio | |
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| Les Yeux dans les Roues | |
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| Soixante-Quatre Dur�es | |
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| Verset pour la F�te de la D�dicace (1960) | |
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| M�ditations sur le Myst�re de la Sainte Trinit� (1969) | |
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| (Le P�re inengendr�) | |
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| (La Saintet� de J�sus Christ) | |
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| ("La Relation r�elle en Dieu est r�ellement identique � l'Essence") | |
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| ("Jesuis, je suis!") | |
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| (Dieu est immense, �ternel, immuable-Le Souffle de I'Esprit-Dieu est Amour) | |
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| (Le Fils, Verbe et Lumi�re) | |
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| ("Le P�re et le Fils aiment, par le Saint-Esprit, eux-m�mes et nous") | |
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| (Dieu est simple) | |
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| ("Je suis Celui qui suis") | |
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| Livre du Saint Sacrement (1984) | |
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| Adoro te | |
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| La Source de Vie | |
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| Le Dieu cach� | |
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| Acte de Foi | |
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| Puer natus est nobis | |
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| La Manne et le Pain de Vie | |
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| Les Ressuscit�s et la Lumi�re de Vie | |
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| Institution de 1'Eucharistie | |
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| Les T�n�bres | |
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| La R�surrection du Christ | |
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| L'Apparition du Christ ressuscit� � Marie-Madeleine | |
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| La Transsubstantiation | |
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| Les deux Murailles d'Eau | |
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| Pri�re avant la Communion | |
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| La Joie de la Gr�ce | |
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| Pri�re apr�s la Communion | |
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| La Pr�sence multipli�e | |
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| Offrande et All�luia final | |
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| Monodie (1997, posthumous) | |
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| Offrande au Saint Sacrement (2001, posthumous) | |
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| Pr�lude (2002, posthumous) | |
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| The Organ at L'�glise de la Sainte-Trinit�, Paris | |
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| Les Grandes Orgues de I'�glise de la Sainte-Trinit� � Paris (A Brochure by Olivier Messiaen, October 1980) | |
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| Evolution of the Organ, 1930-1992 | |
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| Characteristics of the Organ since 1966 | |
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| A Biographical Sketch of Olivier Messiaen | |
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| Pieces Appropriate for Specific Services and Feasts during the Liturgical Year | |
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| Glossary of Terms and Techniques Unique to Messiaen | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |