Debussy in performance
"Claude Debussy has exerted a fundamental influence on musicians of the twentieth century. This book explores how Debussy's compositions are brought to life in performance, investigating the composer's own expectations, the traditions surrounding the performance of his music, and the internal and contextual evidence that can give insight to performers of his works."--Jacket.
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- Full title :Debussy in performance / edited by James R. Briscoe.
Summary
"Claude Debussy has exerted a fundamental influence on musicians of the twentieth century. This book explores how Debussy's compositions are brought to life in performance, investigating the composer's own expectations, the traditions surrounding the performance of his music, and the internal and contextual evidence that can give insight to performers of his works."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:©1999.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Yale University Press
- Place of Publication:New Haven [Conn.]
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1999.
The Physical Object
- Description:xi, 301 pages : : illustrations, music ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0300076266, 9780300076264
- oclc:ocm41712572
- LC Classification:ML410.D28
- Dewey Decimal:780/.92
Table of Contents
Part one. The spirit of Debussy performance. Debussy on performance: sound and unsound ideals / Richard Langham Smith ; Symbolism and performance / Claude Abravanel ; Pelléas et Mélisande in performance / Louis-Marc Suter -- Part two. The genres in performance. Debussy and orchestral performance / James R. Briscoe ; Debussy and early Debussystes at the piano / Cecilia Dunoyer ; Debussy, the dance, and the Faune / Stephanie Jordan ; Thoughts on the history of (Re)interpreting Debussy's songs / Brooks Toliver -- Part three. Interpreters on Debussy. How not to perform Pelléas et Mélisande / Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht ; Debussy, Pelléas, and orchestral conducting: an interview with Pierre Boulez / James R. Briscoe -- Part four. Debussy performance and score analysis. Structure and performance: metric and phrase ambiguities in the three chamber sonatas / Richard S. Parks ; Timbre, voice-leading, and the musical arabesque in Debussy's piano music / Jann Pasler.
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