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To what extent does the 'quatuor pour la fin du temps' reflect Messiaen's desire for an end to musical time, in the sense of eliminating a regular beat in the music?
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To what extent does the 'quatuor pour la fin du temps' reflect Messiaen's desire for an end to musical time, in the sense of eliminating a regular beat in the music? The translation of the title of the piece means: The quartet for the end of time. It was written by Messiaen whilst he was in a prisoner of war camp during the Second World War. His main influence as a composer was Debussy, but as a prisoner he had many other influences, for instance, he was suffering from severe hunger to the extent that he was hallucinating. And of course all the horrors of the war would serve in the way he composed. His hallucinations would have been vivid because his synesthesia would have created a colour to them. Synesthesia is a symptom caused by a malfunction in the senses. Messiaen only had a handful of musicians to write for, this means...
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