[Transcription] Olivier Messiaen - La Dame de Shalott (1917) [w/ score]

[@lebonmunsterdalsace]

How is it possible to write something like this at 9 ?

[@themoonfleesthroughclouds]

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--'

[@AmealYT]

Beautiful

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

Wonderful

[@handledav]

cool

[@christophegeoffroy4281]

Un jeune Messiaen vaut-il un vieux Poulenc ?

[@christophedevos3760]

Well, I don't know, but it shows that Messiaen was even a greater child prodigy than Mozart. 😮