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Paul Dukas - Composer and Critic (Hardcover)
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Paul Dukas - Composer and Critic (Hardcover)
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As a noted composer and critic, Paul Dukas was a major figure in
fin-de-siecle and early twentieth-century French music. Best known
for L'Apprenti sorcier, he was internationally recognised as an
artist and intellectual ofdistinction who contributed significantly
to Parisian musical cultures and critical debates. As a noted
composer and critic, and later an editor and composition teacher,
Paul Dukas (1865-1935) was a major figure in fin-de-siecle and
early twentieth-century French music. Although his catalogue of
published scores was relatively modest in quantity, he was
internationally recognised as an artist and intellectual of
distinction who contributed significantly to Parisian musical
cultures and critical debates as they evolved from the 1890s until
the 1930s Moving in the same circles as Debussy and Faure, as well
as networking with trailblazers such as the Ballets Russes director
Sergei Diaghilev and the conductor Serge Koussevitzky, Dukas
created works that reflect French sensibilities but also resonate
with transnational audiences. L'Apprenti sorcier is still his
best-known work, while the opera Ariane et Barbe-Bleue has been
revived and remains relevant for the twenty-first century. Works
such as the Piano Sonata and the ballet La Peri respectively
exemplify the twin attractions of tradition and progress for the
composer. Intensely self-critical, however, he ended up destroying
many of his scores. This book is the first full-length Anglophone
study of Dukas. It perceives his critical essays as a form of
creative, philosophical thought that synthesised the riches of the
Parisian music scene yet also represented the formationand
development of his own artistic voice. Investigating Dukas's
interrelated identities as composer and critic, it seeks to explain
his broad aesthetic motivations and artistic agenda. LAURA WATSON
is Lecturer in Musicat Maynooth University.
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