List of Famous people with last name Messiaen

Olivier Messiaen

Olivier Eugène Charles Prosper Messiaen

First Name Olivier

Last Name Messiaen

Born on December 10, 1908

Died on April 27, 1992 (aged 83)

Born in France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist, one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex; harmonically and melodically he employs a system he called modes of limited transposition, which he abstracted from the systems of material generated by his early compositions and improvisations. He wrote music for chamber ensembles and orchestra, vocal music, as well as for solo organ and piano, and also experimented with the use of novel electronic instruments developed in Europe during his lifetime.

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Pierre Messiaen

First Name Pierre

Last Name Messiaen

Born on March 13, 1883

Died on June 26, 1957 (aged 74)

Born in France, Hauts-de-France

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