Includes bibliographical references and index.

Inside rather than under the composer's skin : another tilt at being authentic / Roy Howat -- Messiaen as pianist : a romantic in a modernist world / Christopher Dingle -- The genesis of Messiaen's Catalogue d'oiseaux / Peter Hill -- A link to the French pianistic tradition : the teaching of Paul Doguereau / David Korevaar -- Style, performance practice, and reception in the Prelude, Chorale and Fugue : placing and performing C�esar Franck / Richard Langham Smith -- Players and pianos : an overview of early recorded resources for the French piano repertoire / Christopher Dingle -- Florent Schmitt and Maurice Ravel : measured time from the turn of the century / Scott McCarrey -- Messiaen to Murail, or, what sounds become / Marilyn Nonken.

part I. How composers communicate -- part II. Teachers as the conduit to the composer's intent -- part III. Historical resources -- part IV. Using analysis for informed performances : pianists' views.

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