A visual guide to Messiaen's "Turangalila-Symphonie"

Started by EigenUser, May 08, 2016, 04:15:50 PM

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EigenUser

So I've been working on graphically representing some parts of the score to Messiaen's Turangalila-Symphonie in ways readable by both music readers and non-music readers alike. As an example, here is the central section of the 5th movement (click it to make it bigger):


Here is a performance of this part (section starts at 33:08): https://youtu.be/8PjyCpRKDrk?t=33m8s

Would anyone be interested in more of this? I have done this for sections in the 1st, 5th, 7th, and 8th movement (along with more elaborate descriptions of what each block represents).
Beethoven's Op. 133 -- A fugue so bad that even Beethoven himself called it "Grosse".

Ken B

Draw Turangalila? You're going to need longer paper. Much longer.

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Quote from: Ken B on May 21, 2016, 06:23:09 AM
Draw Turangalila? You're going to need longer paper. Much longer.

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EigenUser

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Quote from: Ken B on May 21, 2016, 06:23:09 AM
Draw Turangalila? You're going to need longer paper. Much longer.
Hence the reason I started a little blog  :)

http://ligetislaboratory.blogspot.com/

EDIT: I should make a table of contents here to keep track of what I have so far.

1. Preface
2. Movement I: Introduction
3. Movement V: Joie du Sang des Etoiles
4. Movement VII: Turangalila 2
5. Movement VIII: Developpement de l'Amour

Appendices:
Motivic Index
Compositional Techniques

I'd appreciate any suggestions or comments!
Beethoven's Op. 133 -- A fugue so bad that even Beethoven himself called it "Grosse".

Contemporaryclassical

That is impressive, wow!
I coincidentally brought a new copy of the Turangalila recently, so damn good!
:)