Letters of Olivier Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod to Graham Williams

Title: Letters of Olivier Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod to Graham Williams
Subject: Music and history; Education; Adelaide (S.A.); French language--Writing; Correspondence
Category: 5. Cold War (including Decolonisation); 6. End of the Cold War
Author: Messiaen, Olivier and Loriod, Yvonne
Keywords: Composers
Current holder: National Library of Australia
Period of reference: 1975 – 2006
Link: https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/6160662
Series number: MS Acc10.180
Item number: 6160662
Access rights: Request at location
Rights: Copyright Undetermined. Available for research. Not for loan.
Country of origin: France; Australia
Place: Adelaide
Language: French
Description from source: 0.03 m. (1 packet)

Comprises letters from the composer Olivier Messiaen and pianist Yvonne Loriod (later Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen) to Graham Williams. The correspondence charts the friendship between Williams and Messiaen and Loriod, established when Williams was a student in Paris at the Paris Conservatoire in 1973-1975. The collection includes a three-page history of the Messiaen-Loriod correspondence by Williams.
Physical format: Letters; Records