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Chronochromie 
Summary
Chronochromie (Time-Colour) is an orchestral work by French composer Olivier Messiaen, completed in 1960.[1] It consists of seven movements:
- Introduction
- Strophe I
- Antistrophe I
- Strophe II
- Antistrophe II
- Epode
- Coda
The sixth movement consists of 18 string instruments playing different birdsong. The first performance was in Donaueschingen on 16 October 1960, conducted by Hans Rosbaud.
Instrumentation edit
The work is scored for the following orchestra:[2]
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References edit
- ^ The Oxford Companion to Music. Oxford University Press.[full citation needed]
- ^ Alphonse Leduc (publisher) title entry, Chronochromie.
Further reading edit
- Bauer, Amy. 2008. "The Impossible Charm of Messiaen's Chronochromie". In Messiaen Studies, edited by Robert Sholl, 145–67. Cambridge Composer Studies. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-521-83981-5.
- Sherlaw Johnson, Robert. 1989. Messiaen, revised and updated edition. London: J. M. Dent & Sons; Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 9780460126038 (London); ISBN 9780520067349 (Berkeley).