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Olivier Messiaen

Olivier Messiaen is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Serge Koussevitzky. Those roots explain a lot about how Olivier Messiaen arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Anton Webern, Alban Berg, Igor Stravinsky, Iannis Xenakis and John Cage, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jeanne Demessieux, Kid A, Eric Dolphy, Jehan Alain and Angela Hewitt, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Olivier Messiaen, reaching back through Serge Koussevitzky and forward to Jeanne Demessieux. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Olivier MessiaenSerge KoussevitzkyJeanne DemessieuxKid AEric DolphyJehan AlainAngela HewittFloating PointsLori GoldstonPawn HeartsAnton WebernAlban BergIgor StravinskyIannis XenakisJohn CageDmitri ShostakovichMaurice RavelEdgard Varèse

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Olivier Messiaen connections

Olivier Messiaen grew out of Serge Koussevitzky, shares an orbit with Anton Webern, Alban Berg, Igor Stravinsky and Iannis Xenakis, went on to shape Jeanne Demessieux, Kid A, Eric Dolphy and Jehan Alain. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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