Childhood and the conservatoire: 1908-1929
The Trinité and marriage: 1930-1934
La Jeune France: 1935-1939
Messiaen's war: 1940-1944
'La cas Messiaen' and the Tristan trilogy: 1945-1948
Experiment and renewal: 1949-1952
Birdsong into music: 1952-1959
Public controversy, private happiness: 1959-1963
An establishment figure? 1964-1969
Splendours of nature: 1970-1974
'Messiaen, faites-moi un opéra': 1975-1978
'Brother Messiaen at the opéra: 1979-1983
Inspiration regained: 1984-1987
Illuminations of the beyond: 1988-1992.
