How Long to Read Olivier Messiaen and the Music of Time

How Long Does it Take to Read Olivier Messiaen and the Music of Time?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 38 minutes to read Olivier Messiaen and the Music of Time by Paul Griffiths

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Olivier Messiaen was one of the outstanding creative artists of his time. The strength of his appeal, to listeners as well as to composers, is a measure of the individuality of his music, which draws on a vast range of sources: rhythms of twentieth-century Europe and thirteenth-century India, ripe romantic harmony and brittle birdsong, the sounds of Indonesian percussion and modern electronic instruments. What binds all these together is, on one level, his unswerving devotion to praising God in his art, and on another, his independent view of how music is made. Messiaen's music offers a range of ways of experiencing time: time suspended in music of unparalleled changelessness, time racing in music of wild exuberance, time repeating itself in vast cycles of reiteration. In Olivier Messiaen and the Music of Time, leading writer and musicologist, Paul Griffiths, explores the problems of religious art, and includes searching analyses and discussions of all the major works, suggesting how they function as works of art and not only as theological symbols. This comprehensive and stimulating book covers the whole of Messiaen's output up to and including his opera, Saint Françoise d'Assise.

How long is Olivier Messiaen and the Music of Time?

Olivier Messiaen and the Music of Time by Paul Griffiths is 269 pages long, and a total of 69,671 words.

This makes it 91% the length of the average book. It also has 85% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Olivier Messiaen and the Music of Time Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 20 minutes to read Olivier Messiaen and the Music of Time aloud.

What Reading Level is Olivier Messiaen and the Music of Time?

Olivier Messiaen and the Music of Time is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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