Title: Messe de la Pentecôte
English title: Mass for Pentecost
Genre: organ
Composition Date: 1949 (Tanglewood, Lenox, MA); 1950 (Paris)
Publisher: Leduc (Paris, 1949)
Instrumentation: organ
Duration: 30 minutes
Premiere: Pentecost 1951, La Trinité, Paris (Olivier Messiaen, organ)
Dedication: Unknown.
Movements:
  1. Entrée (Les langues de feu) [Entrance (The tongues of fire]
  2. Offertoire (Les choses visibles et invisible) [Offertory (Things seen and unseen)]
  3. Consécration (Le don de sagesse) [Consecration (The gift of wisdom]
  4. Communion (Les oiseaux et les sources) [Communion (The birds and the springs]
  5. Sortie (Le vent de l'Esprit) [Exit (The wind of the Holy Spirit]
Notes:
  • Original Title: Messe du Saint Esprit [Mass of the Holy Spirit]
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