| Series |
The Bard Music Festival series
Bard Music Festival series. ^A368770
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| Contents |
Part 1. The evolution. Introduction: constructions and reconstructions of Debussy / Jane F. Fulcher -- Debussy's Rome cantatas / John R. Clevenger -- Debussy, Gautier, and "Les papillons" / Marie Rolf -- Bilitis and Tanagra: afternoons with nude women / David Grayson -- Beyond the illusions of realism: painting and Debussy's break with tradition / Leon Botstein -- The symphony in Debussy's world: a context for his views on the genre and early interpretations of La Mer / Brian Hart -- Speaking the truth to power: the dialogic element in Debussy's wartime compositions / Jane F. Fulcher -- Part 2. The context. Debussy, Faure, and d'Indy and conceptions of the artist: the institutions, the dialogues, the conflicts / Gail Hilson Woldu -- Debussy, Mallarme, and "Les mardis" / Rosemary Lloyd -- Debussy in fin-de-siecle Paris / Christophe Charle -- Part 3. Documents. Debussy's Paris Conservatoire training / collected, edited, and introduced by John R. Clevenger -- "Le cas Debussy": revisions and polemics about the composer's "new manner" / collected and translated by Brian Hart. |
| Abstract |
Claude Debussy's Paris was factionalised, politicised, and litigious. This text aims to capture the complexity of the composer's restless personal and artistic identity within the context of fin-de-siècle Paris. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2001027840 |
| ISBN | 0691090416 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0691090424 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
