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French Music Since Berlioz (Paperback)
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French Music Since Berlioz (Paperback)
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French Music Since Berlioz explores key developments in French
classical music during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This
volume draws on the expertise of a range of French music scholars
who provide their own perspectives on particular aspects of the
subject. Deirdre Donnellon's introduction discusses important
issues and debates in French classical music of the period,
highlights key figures and institutions, and provides a context for
the chapters that follow. The first two of these are concerned with
opera in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries respectively,
addressed by Thomas Cooper for the nineteenth century and Richard
Langham Smith for the twentieth. Timothy Jones's chapter follows,
which assesses the French contribution to those most Germanic of
genres, nineteenth-century chamber music and symphonies. The
quintessentially French tradition of the nineteenth-century salon
is the subject of James Ross's chapter, while the more sacred
setting of Paris's most musically significant churches and the
contribution of their organists is the focus of Nigel Simeone's
essay. The transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth century
is explored by Roy Howat through a detailed look at four leading
figures of this time: Faure, Chabrier, Debussy and Ravel. Robert
Orledge follows with a later group of composers, Satie & Les
Six, and examines the role of the media in promoting French music.
The 1930s, and in particular the composers associated with Jeune
France, are discussed by Deborah Mawer, while Caroline Potter
investigates Parisian musical life during the Second World War. The
book closes with two chapters that bring us to the present day.
Peter O'Hagan surveys the enormous contribution to French music of
Pierre Boulez, and Caroline Potter examines trends since 1945.
Aimed at teachers and students of French music history, as well as
performers and the inquisitive concert- and opera-goer, French
Music Since Berlioz is an essential companion for anyone interested
in the culture of France.
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