| Uniform title | Passion de Claude Debussy. English |
| Contents |
'A set of completely unknown people' -- Clementine de Bussy -- Captain de Bussy -- Megalomaniac music-lovers -- Defeat of the child prodigy -- Victory of L'Enfant prodigue -- 'My sojourn no longer pleases me' -- 'Friendships, aesthetics, the whole gamut' -- The illusory chimene -- 'Voici que le printemps' -- 'Nuages' et 'fetes' sans 'sirenes' -- 'La mort des amants' -- Fleur des bles -- A dream come true -- Le Diable and La Mer -- L'Isle joyeuse -- 'Brouillards' -- 'L'ombre des abres' -- The high season -- 'Recueillement' -- 'Cette vieille servante' -- 'Pour un tomjbeau sans nom'. |
| Abstract |
When this book was first published in French in 1962, it was hailed as an invaluable and reliable source of reference for many previously unpublished facts about the great composer. With painstaking attention to detail, Dietschy unearthed documents about every personality connected with Debussy, offering particularly novel information about Debussy's family and early life. Biographical rather than musicological, his deeply sensitive and sympathetic approach to Debussy's life and works yields many fresh insights into Debussy's complex personality. This first English translation incorporates Dietschy's later corrections as well as an updated bibliography and list of works. |
| General note | Translation of: La passion de Claude Debussy. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-242) and index. |
| Other title |
Passion de Claude Debussy. |
| LCCN | 89023215 |
| ISBN | 0193154692 : |
