Gillock supplies details about the organ at La Trinité in Paris, the instrument for which most of Messiaen's pieces were imagined.

This volume explores twentieth-century organ music through in-depth studies of the principal centers of composition, the most significant composers and their wo

Olivier Messiaen: A Research and Information Guide, Second Edition presents researchers with the most significant and helpful resources on Olivier Messiaen, one

Winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism A New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book of the Year Time magazine Top Ten Nonfiction Book

With access to Messiaen's private archive, the authors have been able to trace the origins of many of his greatest works and place them in the context of his li