Olivier Messiaen On Bird Song
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Bird song was a major influence on the work of Olivier Messiaen.
He considered them to be not just makers of intersting noises but great musicians, and his music featured careful transcriptions of their songs.
Here is a lecture on his work and sections from Catalogue d'Oiseaux.
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Film Studies,
Interview,
Music,
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