Quatuor pour la fin du temps
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Quatuor pour la fin du Temps, originally Quatuor de la fin du Temps, also known by its English title Quartet for the End of Time, is an eight-movement piece of chamber music by the French composer Oli
Invitation to the premiere
Verdun
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Verdun is a city in the Meuse department in Grand Est, northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department.
Quatuor pour la fin du temps
…clarinet, this movement is a test for even the most accomplished clarinetist, with an extremely slow tempo marking = 44. It was originally written in Verdun. A trio for violin, cello, and clarinet, Messiaen writes of this movement…
Verdun and the Meuse river
Bird's-eye view of Verdun in 1638
Aerial photograph of Fort Douaumont towards the end of 1916
Citadel of Verdun during World War I