About the Author

Peter Hill is professor of music at the University of Sheffield. A former student of Messiaen, he is editor of The Messiaen Companion. Nigel Simeone is professor of historical musicology at the University of Sheffield and author of Paris - A Musical Gazetteer, published by Yale University Press.

Reviews

"Far and away the best source of information, at least in English, about the composer's life and work."—David Weininger, The Boston Globe
*The Boston Globe*