[BOOK][B] Debussy and his World
J Fulcher - 2001 - degruyter.com
J Fulcher
2001•degruyter.comClaude Debussy's Paris was factionalized, politicized, and litigious. It was against this
background of ferment and change--which characterized French society and music from the
Franco-Prussian War to World War I--that Debussy re-thought music. This book captures the
complexity of the composer's restless personal and artistic identity within the new picture
emerging of the musical, social, and political world of fin-de-siècle Paris.Debussy's setting
did not simply mold his style. Rather, it challenged him to define a style and then to revamp it …
background of ferment and change--which characterized French society and music from the
Franco-Prussian War to World War I--that Debussy re-thought music. This book captures the
complexity of the composer's restless personal and artistic identity within the new picture
emerging of the musical, social, and political world of fin-de-siècle Paris.Debussy's setting
did not simply mold his style. Rather, it challenged him to define a style and then to revamp it …
Claude Debussy's Paris was factionalized, politicized, and litigious. It was against this background of ferment and change--which characterized French society and music from the Franco-Prussian War to World War I--that Debussy re-thought music. This book captures the complexity of the composer's restless personal and artistic identity within the new picture emerging of the musical, social, and political world of fin-de-siècle Paris.
Debussy's setting did not simply mold his style. Rather, it challenged him to define a style and then to revamp it again and again as he situated himself simultaneously via the present and the past. These essays trace Debussy's perpetual reinvention, both social and creative, from his earliest to his last works. They explore tensions and contradictions in his best-known compositions and examine lesser-known pieces that reveal new aspects of Debussy's creative appropriation from poetry, painting, and non-Western music.
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