Previous posts for December 10th are here: Olivier Messiaen (2019), César Franck; Olivier Messiaen (2020), César Franck; Olivier Messiaen (2021), and Olivier Messiaen (2022)
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Olivier Messiaen (10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was an organist and one of the greatest French composers of the 20th century.
Higher Art
Though mystical Catholicism
Was a prism
Shining through Messiaen’s theory,
His organ works proved over-garish,
And doctrinairish
For a parish,
And left the parishioners leery.
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