general information

composition date
1945
duration
58 min
editor
Alphonse Leduc, Paris
Libretto (details, author)

Poèmes d'Olivier Messiaen, onomatopées et textes écrits dans un dialecte des indiens du Pérou.

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Soprano and piano)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo soprano

piano

information about the creation

date
June 27, 1946
Bruxelles
interpreters
Olivier Messiaen, Marcelle Bunlet

Part titles

  1. La ville qui dormait, toi


2. Bonjour toi, colombe verte

3. Montagnes

4. Doundou tchil

5. L'amour de Piroutcha

6. Répétition planètaire

7. Adieu

8. Syllabes

9. L'escalier redit, gestes du soleil

10. Amour oiseau d'étoile

11. Katchikatchi les étoiles

12. Dans le noir

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