Messiaen, Cantéyodjayâ (Part 1)

Steffen Schleiermacher
Cantéyodjayâ is a work for piano by the French composer Olivier Messiaen, written in 1949. The form of the work's single movement exhibits aspects of sonata-form and rondo, but progresses by superimposition and repetition rather than conventional development.

The work's compositional bases are the Hindu rhythms often found in Messiaen's work. The composer's research into Hindu rhythms was based partly on the 120 rhythms listed in the thirteenth-century Sangitaratnakara of Sarngadeva. The score includes names that are taken from this work, and also from Carnatic musical theory.

The opening element of the work is named "Cantéyodjayâ" (a Carnatic name) in the score. This opening figuration recurs often, interspersed with other material.

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[hotelflamingo]

who is playing?

[chtuc]

The pianist is who? Dammit.

[anapazapa]

@stabojert this kinda attribution might make sense, but i'dlike to add some more points of view: people differ whether they want or not. this music is beatiful to me, and yes, there is joy and beauty in horror. you don't even have to be too 'different' to see that, enough to look up the figures of horror movie and death metal industry. (these are just examples, messiaen's music is about something else)

[petezilla]

well, you can lead a horse to water, but....

[stabojert]

by avoiding the tonal structure in my oppinion many new music pieces have exactly the same feel that I would call "the horror"

but maybe I just dont like it...

they beg to differ

[lovesGenet]

Wild music. I'm incorporating this into my music for 13 percussion, flute ,2 pianos and harpsichord

[MusicaRicercata]

Probably my favorite work for piano by the composer. Bravo!

[jamesaellis]

for a work for piano quite shocking. long live his music!