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  • Writing through Music

    Essays on Music, Culture, and Politics

    by Jann Pasler ...
    Drawing on a passion for music, a remarkably diverse interdisciplinary toolbox, and a gift for accessible language that speaks equally to scholars and the general public, Jann Pasler invites us to read as she writes "through" music, unveiling the forces that affect our sonic encounters. In an extraordinary collection of historical and critical essays, some appearing for the first time in English, ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Camille Saint-Saëns and His World

    Edited by Jann Pasler ...
    Series series The Bard Music Festival
    A revealing look at French composer and virtuoso Camille Saint-SaënsCamille Saint-Saëns—perhaps the foremost French musical figure of the late nineteenth century and a composer who wrote in nearly every musical genre, from opera and the symphony to film music—is now being rediscovered after a century of modernism overshadowed his earlier importance. In a wide-ranging and trenchant series of essays ... Read more

    $38.19 USD

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  • Erik Satie

    by Mary E. Davis ...
    Series Book 14 - Critical Lives
    A musical composer who dabbled in the Dada movement, a Bohemian ‘gymnopédiste’ of fin-de-siècle Montmartre, and a legendary dresser known as ‘The Velvet Gentleman’ for his sartorial choices, Erik Satie was nearly unprecedented in technique, style and philosophy among European composers in the early twentieth century. Yet his legacy has largely languished in the shadows of Stravinsky, Debussy and ... Read more

    $22.19 USD

  • Claude Debussy

    by David J. Code ...
    Series Book 31 - RB-Critical Lives
    French composer Claude Debussy (1862–1918) created music that was revolutionary, with a distinctly modern sound that highlighted the intersection of art and life. Here, in this unique biography, David J. Code explores the important moments in the development of Debussy’s literary interests that shaped his music—and in the process brings to life Debussy’s sardonic personality.Claude Debussy ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • Claude Vivier

    A Composer's Life

    by Bob Gilmore ...
    Claude Vivier's haunting and expressive music has captivated audiences around the world. But the French-Canadian composer is remembered also because of the dramatic circumstances of his death: he was found murdered in his Paris apartment at the age of thirty-four. Given unrestricted access to Vivier's archives and interviews with Vivier's family, teachers, friends, and colleagues, musicologist and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Debussy

    by Eric Frederick Jensen ...
    Series series Composers Across Cultures
    Nearly one hundred years after the death of its composer, the music of Claude Debussy has lost none of its breadth of appeal. With the rare ability to entice listeners on many levels, at its heart lies an engaging simplicity-one which defies traditional analysis and lends mystery to what ultimately is an extremely refined and highly personal approach to composition. Equally fascinating is Debussy ... Read more

    $56.69 USD

  • Freedom and the Arts

    Essays on Music and Literature

    by Charles Rosen ...
    Is there a moment in history when a work receives its ideal interpretation? Or is perpetual negotiation required to preserve the past and accommodate the present? The freedom of interpretation, Charles Rosen suggests in these sparkling explorations, exists in a delicate balance with fidelity to the identity of the original work. ... Read more

    $30.29 USD

  • Maurice Ravel

    A Guide to Research

    by Stephen Zank ...
    Series series Routledge Music Bibliographies
    Maurice Ravel: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography concerning both the nature of primary sources related to the composer and the scope and significance of the secondary sources which deal with him, his compositions, and his influence as a composer and theorist. ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • The Art of French Piano Music

    Debussy, Ravel, Fauré, Chabrier

    by Roy Howat ...
    An essential resource for scholars and performers, this study by a world-renowned specialist illuminates the piano music of four major French composers, in comparative and reciprocal context. Howat explores the musical language and artistic ethos of this repertoire, juxtaposing structural analysis with editorial and performing issues. He also relates his four composers historically and ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Debussy's Paris

    Piano Portraits of the Belle Époque

    by Catherine Kautsky ...
    Claude Debussy’s exquisite piano works have captivated generations with their dreamlike atmosphere and mysterious soundscapes.Written in Paris at the height of the Belle Époque, the music creates a soundtrack for Parisians’ enjoyment of such delights as clowns, mermaids, eccentric dances, and the dark tales of Edgar Allan Poe. Debussy’s Paris: Piano Portraits of the Belle Époque explores how key ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Debussy

    Edited by Simon Trezise ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Music
    Often considered the father of twentieth-century music, Debussy was a visionary whose influence is still felt. This book offers a wide-ranging series of essays on Debussy the man, the musician and composer. It contains insights into his character, his relationship to his Parisian environment and his musical works across all genres, with challenging views on the roles of nature and eroticism in his ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Voice Lessons

    French Mélodie in the Belle Epoque

    by Katherine Bergeron ...
    Series series New Cultural History of Music
    Language, education, politics, and music come together in Katherine Bergeron's Voice Lessons, a study of the French mélodie in the Belle Epoque. Close readings of songs by Fauré, Debussy, and Ravel, along with poems, sound recordings, and other historical documents, seek to uncovers the cultural meanings of this art: why it emerged, why it mattered, and why it eventually disappeared. ... Read more

    $38.69 USD