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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Olivier Messiaen’s Mode de valeurs et d’intensités canonical | 2 |
| Olivier Messiaen’s modes of limited transposition | 1 |
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Olivier Messiaen’s Mode de valeurs et d’intensités Context triple: [Structures I, usesMaterialFrom, Olivier Messiaen’s Mode de valeurs et d’intensités]
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Ravel Daphnis et Chloé
Ravel's "Daphnis et Chloé" is a large-scale impressionistic ballet score, renowned for its lush orchestration and evocative depiction of an ancient pastoral love story.
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Le Tombeau de Couperin
Le Tombeau de Couperin is a neoclassical suite for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, later orchestrated, composed as an homage to French Baroque style and to friends lost in World War I.
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Ensemble InterContemporain
Ensemble InterContemporain is a renowned Paris-based contemporary music ensemble specializing in the performance and promotion of 20th- and 21st-century works.
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Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
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Franck Symphony in D minor
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Target entity: Olivier Messiaen’s Mode de valeurs et d’intensités Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Ravel Daphnis et Chloé
Ravel's "Daphnis et Chloé" is a large-scale impressionistic ballet score, renowned for its lush orchestration and evocative depiction of an ancient pastoral love story.
-
B.
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Le Tombeau de Couperin is a neoclassical suite for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, later orchestrated, composed as an homage to French Baroque style and to friends lost in World War I.
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C.
Ensemble InterContemporain
Ensemble InterContemporain is a renowned Paris-based contemporary music ensemble specializing in the performance and promotion of 20th- and 21st-century works.
-
D.
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms is a choral-orchestral work composed in 1930 that sets Latin psalm texts in a stark, neoclassical style.
-
E.
Franck Symphony in D minor
Franck's Symphony in D minor is a late-Romantic orchestral work renowned for its cyclical structure, rich harmonies, and emotional intensity, and is considered the Belgian composer's symphonic masterpiece.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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 ⓘ |
| composerAffiliation |
Conservatoire de Paris (through Messiaen’s teaching)
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linked to:
Conservatoire de Paris
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| 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 ⓘ Pierre Boulez ⓘ 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 ⓘ |
| workTitleLanguage | French ⓘ |
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