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Turangalla SymphonyThe Turangalla-Symphonie is a large-scale piece of orchestral music by Olivier Messiaen. One of several works by Messiaen to feature the Ondes Martenot, it was written from 1946-1948, being commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and premiered in 1949, being conducted by Leonard Bernstein with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Messiaen stated that the title of the piece derived from two Sanskrit words, turanga and lla, together meaning something like "love song and hymn of joy, time, movement, rhythm, life and death." In the television series Futurama, the character Turanga Leela is named in reference to the symphony, although her first name is seldom used. The Turangalla-Symphonie is scored for triple woodwind, 4 horns, 5 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, piano solo, Ondes Martenot solo, glockenspiel, celesta, vibraphone, 5 percussionists and strings. The work is in ten movements, as follows: - Introduction;
- Chant d'Amour I (Love Song I);
- Turangalla I;
- Chant d'Amour II;
- Joie du Sang des toiles (Joy in the Blood of the Stars);
- Jardin du Sommeil d'Amour (Garden of Love's Sleep);
- Turangalla II;
- Dveloppement d'Amour;
- Turangalla III;
- Final
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