《時間終結四重奏》又譯“末日四重奏[1]”(法語:Quatuor pour la fin du temps,法语发音:[kwatɥɔʁ puʁ la fɛ̃ dy tɑ̃],英語:Quartet for the End of Time[2])是法國作曲家奧利維埃·梅西安的一首室內樂作品。首演於1941年。該曲為單簧管(降B調)、小提琴、大提琴和鋼琴而作;完整作品的演出時間通常約為50分鐘。梅西安在被德軍俘虜期間譜寫這首曲子,並由他的戰友們進行首演。这是梅西安首部在戰後獲得國際性聲譽的作品。 [3]
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Bruhn, Siglind (2008). Messiaen's Explorations of Love and Death: Musico-poetic Signification in the Tristan Trilogy and Three Related Song Cycles. Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon Press. ISBN978-1-57647-136-4.
Bruhn, Siglind (2007). Messiaen's Contemplations of Covenant and Incarnation: Musical Symbols of Faith in the Two Great Piano Cycles of the 1940s. Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon Press. ISBN978-1-57647-129-6.
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Dingle, Christopher (2013). Messiaen's Final Works. Burlington, VT: Ashgate. ISBN9780754606338.
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Samuel, Claude (tr. E. Thomas Glasow) (1994). Olivier Messiaen: Music and Color: Conversations with Claude Samuel. Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press. ISBN0-931340-67-5.
Sherlaw Johnson, Robert (1975). Messiaen. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. ISBN0-520-02812-0.
原始资料
Olivier Messiaen, Quatuor pour la fin du temps (score) (Paris: Durand)
Anthony Pople, Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps, Cambridge Music Handbooks (Cambridge University Press, 2003)
^Stevenson, Joseph (2005), All Music Guide to Classical Music: The Definitive Guide to Classical Music (All Media Guide), 843
^Simeone, Nigel, ``Messiaen in 1942: a working musician in occupied Paris, In: ``Messiaen Studies, Robert Sholl (Ed.), Cambridge University Press, 2008, ISBN9780521839815