| Title: | Livre d'orgue |
| English title: | Manual for the Organ |
| Genre: | organ |
| Composition Date: | 1951-2 |
| Publisher: | Leduc (Paris) |
| Instrumentation: | organ |
| Duration: | 42 minutes |
| Premiere: | 23 April 1953, Villa Berg, Stuttgart (Olivier Messiaen, organ) |
| Dedication: | Unknown. |
| Movements: |
- Reprises par interversion [Repetitions in Inversion]
- Pièce en trio I [Piece in the Form of a Trio I]
- Les mains de l'abîme [The Hands of the Abyss]
- Chants d'osieaux [Bird Songs ]
- Pièce en trio II [Piece in the Form of a Trio II]
- Les yeux dans les roues [The Eyes in the Wheels]
- Soixante-quartre durées [Sixty-Four Durations]
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| Notes: |
- The French premiere [21 March 1955, La Trinité, Paris (Olivier Messiaen, organ)] is infamous for the “crush” resulting from an audience that greatly exceeded expectations, forcing Messiaen to force his way inside the church.
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