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Author: Mark Saleski — Published: Apr 09, 2004 at 9:47 am 1 comment

Quartet For The End Of Time - Olivier Messiaen

Moments of sheer beauty and tenderness sometimes pop out of the most unexpected circumstances. One of them was surely Messiaen's Quartet For The End Of Time.

This morning I happened across an article about the composition. The very short story on this is that Messiaen composed it during his 'stay' at prisoner-of-war camp Stalag 8-A. It was first performed there on January 15, 1941.

This got me to thinking about the current state of affairs in Iraq...wondering if right now the seed of some unimaginable artistic event is being planted.

(First posted on Mark Is Cranky)

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Mark Saleski is a writer and music obsessive based out of the Monadnock region of New Hampshire. He has contributed to Jazz.com and also writes reviews for Blogcritics.org. He produces the weekly feature The Friday Morning Listen. …

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  • 1 - The Dude

    Apr 09, 2004 at 4:28 pm

    If so, it would be the only good thing coming out of this mess

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