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(Encyclopedia) Messiaen, OlivierMessiaen, Olivierôlēvyāˈ mĕsyäNˈ [key], 1908–92, French composer and organist, b. Avignon. Messiaen was a pupil of Paul Dukas at the Paris Conservatory. He became…