Olivier Messiaen
Quartet for the End of Time — birdsong mystic
The great Catholic mystic of twentieth-century music. The Quartet for the End of Time, premiered in a German POW camp, is among the century's most transcendent works.
Key works
- Quartet for the End of Time1941— Premiered in a prison camp — eternity in music
- Turangalila-Symphonie1949— Cosmic love song