Debussy Studies

Herausgeber: Smith, Richard Langham

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Our knowledge of Debussy's life and music has increased considerably during the last decade or so. In this volume topics include an examination of Debussy's working methods, his visual tastes and his response to literature, his reception in England, as well as aspects of his performance practice.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Composer Studies
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 380g
• ISBN-13: 9780521121613
• ISBN-10: 0521121612
• Artikelnr.: 27007972

Inhaltsangabe

1. The definition of timbre in the process of composition of Jeux
2. Waiting for Golaud: the concept of time in Pelléas
3. Sirens in the labyrinth: amendments in Debussy's Nocturnes
4. Debussy's piano music: sources and performance
5. Portrait of the artist as Roderick Usher
6. The reception of Debussy's music in Britain up to 1914
7. Debussy and Satie
8. Semantic and structural issues in Debussy's Mallarmé songs
9. 'La jeunesse du Cid': a mislaid act in Rodrigue et Chimène?