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

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Olivier Messiaen → notableWork → Quatuor pour la fin du temps ⓘ
Quatuor pour la fin du temps → titleTranslation → Quartet for the End of Time ⓘ
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