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64 MESSIAEN_THE ORGAN WORKS A number of warmly intimate letters signed by Olivier Messiaen or Yvonne Loriod mark the stages of the relationship between the composer andhis interpreter.A regular andprecious correspondence, whichgoes beyondpurelymusical considerations to reflect the bonds of mutual friendship between the two families. And it was from the hands of the illustrious composer himself that Louis Thiry received the insignia of Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite in 1990.