Musicology Annotation << Back Meditation No. 1 «La vierge et l’enfant» from Olivie Messiaen’s Organ Cycle «La Nativit&#233; du Seigneur»: Rhythmic Technics and Form Anna V. Makina Nine meditations for organ «Christmas the Lord» concern to «originally religious music» (V. A. Ekimovsky) of Messiaen 30th years at which there is a harmonious connection of religion and music, belief and art. The circle of problems was defined by consideration of rhythmic innovations of Messiaen in the play «Maiden Maria and the child» from nine meditations for organ «Christmas of Lord». E-mail: makinaanna@mail.ru Рр.: 28-33