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Messiaen
Olivier . 1908--92, French composer and organist. His music is distinguished by its rhythmic intricacy; he was influenced by Hindu and Greek rhythms and bird song


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Arguing that Messiaen has changed religious music radically, and that his work is worthy of theological debate, "The Reinvention of Religious Music" is a choice pick for any college or community library collection focusing on music and religion.
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Another French composer has a conceptual link to the second Wang Jian-zhong arrangement, "A Hundred Birds Paying Respect to the Phoenix" -- Olivier Messiaen.
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of Michigan) finds in three late works by French composer Oliver Messiaen (1908-92) the influence of Thomas Aquinas, whose Summa theologica he studied, in French, throughout his adult life.
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