Olivier Messiaen

Olivier Messiaen studied at Conservatoire de Paris. training under Noël Gallon, Jean Gallon and Maurice Emmanuel is recorded. Yvonne Loriod, André Hodeir and Marius Constant are recorded as having studied under Olivier Messiaen. the recorded working language is French.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera and symphony. The authority associates the name with 20th-century classical music.

Employment is recorded with Conservatoire de Paris, École Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot and Schola Cantorum de Paris. Membership is recorded of Academy of Arts of the GDR, Jeune France and Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium.

Works named in the authority record are Saint François d'Assise, Éclairs sur l'au-delà..., Thème et variations, Quatuor pour la fin du temps, Trois Petites Liturgies de la Présence Divine and Quatre Études de rythme.

Distinctions recorded are Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Commander of the Order of the Crown and Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.