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Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen

Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen

Born: 10th December 1908, Avignon, France

Died: 27th April 1992, Clichy, France

Nationality: French

Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. One of the major composers of the 20th century, he was also an outstanding teacher of composition and musical analysis.

Messiaen entered the Conservatoire de Paris at age 11 and studied with Paul Dukas, Maurice Emmanuel, Charles-Marie Widor and Marcel Dupré, among others. He was appointed organist at the Église de la Sainte-Trinité, Paris, in 1931, a post he held for 61 years, until his death. He taught at the Schola Cantorum de Paris during the 1930s.

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