Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaenwas a French composer, organist, and ornithologist, one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex; harmonically and melodically it often uses modes of limited transposition, which he abstracted from his early compositions and improvisations. Messiaen also drew on his Roman Catholic faith for his pieces...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth10 December 1908
CityAvignon, France
CountryFrance
I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who know only military marches or jazz, and paint colors for those who see none.