Brand new, unused item. This item has been stored on a bookshelf without being read. It is in very clean condition with no noticeable scratches, stains, or tears, but please understand that it has been handled by a person once. We also accept combined sales with other products. Thank you for your consideration. ==== A historical music technique book by Olivier Messiaen, a representative composer of the 20th century. The music technique book by French composer Olivier Messiaen, originally published in 1954 under the title "Technique de mon langage musical," is now available in a new Japanese translation! This book was written by the master of modern music, Olivier Messiaen, to convey his musical techniques to future musicians. It provides invaluable insights not only into Messiaen's techniques but also into his approach to and understanding of music, offering an irreplaceable experience for contemporary musicians and music students. The original book was published in France in 1944, and the Japanese edition was published in 1954. This new translation aims to convey Messiaen's intentions more faithfully, taking into account the changes in musical ideas, sound organization, forms of expression, and sound materials over time. - A legendary book that many music lovers and researchers have been hoping to see republished. - The Japanese edition could not be published for a long time due to copyright issues, but this has now been realized. - It combines readability suitable for the present day with faithfulness to the original text. Chapter 1: The Charm of the Impossible, and the Correlation of Various Materials Chapter 2: Indian Rhythms, Ragavardhana Chapter 3: Rhythms with Added Note Values Chapter 4: Expansion or Contraction of Rhythms and a Table of Rhythm Forms Chapter 5: Non-Reversible Rhythms Chapter 6: Poly-Rhythms and Rhythm Pedals Chapter 7: Rhythm Notation Chapter 8: Melodies and Melodic Curves Chapter 9: The Songs of Birds Chapter 10: Development of Melodies Chapter 11: Lied Phrases, Two-Part Phrases, Three-Part Phrases Chapter 12: Forms of Fugue, Sonata, and Gregorian Chant Chapter 13: Harmony, Debussy, Added Notes Chapter 14: Special Chords, Chord Clusters, Chord Connection Tables Chapter 15: Expansion of Non-Harmonic Tones, Anacruses and Desinances Chapter 16: Modes with Limited Transposition Chapter 17: Transposition of Modes and Correlation with Major Tonality Chapter 18: My Modes and Correlation with Modal Music, Atonal Music, Polytonal Music, and Quarter-Tone Music Chapter 19: Poly-Modality