Messiaen said this about the piece: 'I taught myself to play the piano during the First World War, when I was in Grenoble; I then attempted to compose. I've preserved a piano piece from those days called La Dame de Shalott, after Tennyson's poem. It's obviously a very childish piece; the undefined style and naïve form make me laugh--'
Beautiful
Wonderful
How is it possible to write something like this at 9 ?
Messiaen said this about the piece:
'I taught myself to play the piano during the First World War, when I was in Grenoble; I then attempted to compose. I've preserved a piano piece from those days called La Dame de Shalott, after Tennyson's poem. It's obviously a very childish piece; the undefined style and naïve form make me laugh--'
cool
Un jeune Messiaen vaut-il un vieux Poulenc ?
Well, I don't know, but it shows that Messiaen was even a greater child prodigy than Mozart. 😮