| Series |
Cambridge composer studies
Cambridge composer studies. ^A1287952
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| Contents |
Patrons and society: Gabriel Fauré's "other" career in the Paris and London music salons / Sylvia Kahan -- Keys to the ineffable in Fauré: criticism, history, aesthetics / Hervé Lacombe -- Fauré as student and teacher of harmony / Robert O. Gjerdingen -- Romancing the mélodie, or generic play in the early Hugo settings / Stephen Rumph -- Lux aeterna: Fauré's Messe de Requiem, op. 48 / Byron Adams -- From Homer's Banquet to Fauchois' Feast: The Odyssey's odyssey / Sander Goldberg -- Orchestral melody in Pénélope: aspects of Wagner's influence on Fauré / Mathieu Schneider -- Fauré the practical interpreter / Roy Howat -- Fauré, orientalism, and Le voile du bonheur / Carlo Caballero and Leslee Smucker -- Jankélévitch, Fauré, and the thirteenth nocturne / Steven Rings. |
| Abstract |
The book showcases new research from leading scholars in the United States, United Kingdom, and France into this influential French composer of the fin de siècle. This book features interpretations of individual works and musical analyses, as well as studies of compositional pedagogy, social history, and aesthetics. Accessible to a wide range of readers, this volume also provides a valuable overview of research from Fauré's lifetime to the present. As part of Cambridge Composer Studies, the book adds momentum to new research into this major composer, including recently launched critical editions of his music. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2019049501 |
| ISBN | 9781108429191 hardcover |
| ISBN | 110842919X hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781108453233 paperback |
| ISBN | 1108453236 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| Standard identifier# |
9781108429191 |
