French composer, organist, and ornithologist (1908-1992) and one of the major composers of the 20th century. Impressive AMQS on an off-white 10.75 x 8.25 sheet of musically lined paper, signed below in black ink, “Olivier Messiaen, 18 decembre 1972,” who above adds a lengthy inscription in French to his student Janine Coste, mentioning her work and his seven-piece suite Visions de l'Amen, before below adding several bars of music for ‘The Song of Oruri,’ a Japanese bird song, which he dates to Subashiri, Japan in 1967. In very fine condition.
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