| Title: | Quatuor pour la fin du temps |
| English title: | Quartet for the End of Time |
| Genre: | chamber |
| Composition Date: | 1940-1941 (Görlitz) |
| Publisher: | Durand (Paris) |
| Instrumentation: | violin, clarinet, piano, cello |
| Duration: | 49 minutes |
| Premiere: | 15 January 1941, Stalag VIIIA, Görlitz, Silesia (Jean Le Boulaire, violin; Henri Akoka, clarinet; Etienne Pasquier, cello; Olivier Messiaen, piano) |
| Dedication: | 'In homage to the Angel of the Apocalypse, who raises his hand towards Heaven syaing: "There shall be no more time"'. |
| Movements: |
- Liturgie de cristal [Liturgy of Crystal]
- Voclaise pour l'ange qui annonce la fin du temps [Vocalize for the Angel who announces the end of Time]
- Abîme des oiseaux [The abyss of the birds]
- Intermède [Interlude]
- Louange à l'éternité de Jésus [Praise to the eternity of Jesus]
- Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes [Dance of fury, for the seven trumpets]
- Fouillis d'arcs-en-ciel, pour l'ange qui annonce la fin du temps [Cluster of rainbows, for the Angel who announces the end of Time]
- Louange à immortalité de Jésus [Praise to the immortality of Jesus]
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