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The study aims at bringing to readers’ attention one of the creations of Olivier Messiaen, a composer whose name is among those who made music glorious in the 20th century European panorama. As the originality of the work, in terms of themes and structure – mostly ensured by completely innovative elements – would be impossible to analyze in a short paper, the adopted solution was that of a brief, but relevant presentation of its architecture and the absolutely novel ways in which the composer expressed his creativ...

Through her life dedicated to music, the composer Irina Od?gescu brought to Romanian culture a new breath of a genuine originality. Using a complex language, profoundly anchored in the modernity of the second part of the 20th century, her musical works are distinguished by an expression force that results from an inner experience that goes to the listener, managing to convince both specialists and music lovers. This particularity of her language is exceptionally highlighted in the choral work entitled Our Father, ...