Olivier Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Olivier_Messiaen's_Turangalîla-Symphonie
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:orchestra
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:Serge_Koussevitzky
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Olivier_Messiaen
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Yvonne_Loriod
gptkbp:duration approximately 75-80 minutes
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Leonard_Bernstein
gptkbp:genre 20th-century classical music
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Olivier Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Tristan_and_Isolde
Hindu mythology
gptkbp:language gptkb:Sanskrit
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Chant_d'amour_1
gptkb:Chant_d'amour_2
gptkb:Jardin_du_sommeil_d'amour
gptkb:Turangalîla_1
gptkb:Turangalîla_2
Introduction
gptkbp:movement10 Finale
gptkbp:movement8 Développement de l'amour
gptkbp:movement9 gptkb:Turangalîla_3
gptkbp:movementTitle gptkb:Joie_du_sang_des_étoiles
gptkbp:notableFeature complex rhythms and harmonies
themes of love and joy
use of ondes Martenot electronic instrument
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:piano
gptkb:ondes_Martenot
large orchestra
gptkbp:notablePerformer gptkb:Jeanne_Loriod
gptkb:Yvonne_Loriod
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:BBC_Philharmonic,_Steven_Osborne,_Cynthia_Millar,_Juanjo_Mena_(Chandos)
gptkb:Boston_Symphony_Orchestra,_Yvonne_Loriod,_Ginette_Martenot,_Seiji_Ozawa_(Deutsche_Grammophon)
Yvonne Loriod, Jeanne Loriod, Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim (EMI)
gptkbp:numberOfMovements 10
gptkbp:premiereDate 1949-12-02
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Boston
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Alphonse_Leduc
gptkbp:structure ten movements
gptkbp:title Turangalîla means 'love song and hymn of joy, time, movement, rhythm, life, and death' in Sanskrit
gptkbp:yearComposed 1946-1948
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sergei_Koussevitzky
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6