Achille-Claude Debussy was born into unsettled times: he lived
through the political instability of the Commune era, the cultural
explosion of the Exposition Universelle, the creative ferment of
fin-de-siecle Paris, the frantic turbulence of pre-war Europe and,
ultimately, its headlong descent into one of the bloodiest wars in
history. He died with German bombs exploding about him in the
streets of Paris. Beneath the alluring surface of Debussy's music
took place a revolution as radical as any of the events of his
lifetime, but it was a revolution won by seduction, not force.
Debussy's reputation as the 'father of modern music' might seem
baffling to listeners who associate 'modern music' with the
irregular rhythms of Stravinsky and scrunching dissonances of
Schoenberg, but works like the exquisitely sensuous Prelude
al'apres-midi d'un faune undermined traditional ideas of harmony,
form and orchestration at a single stroke, and the language of
music was never to be the same again. Lavishly illustrated
throughout, this fascinating new biography sets Debussy's musical
revolution in the context of the times. It will be invaluable to
musicians and concert-goers alike.Includes a CD featuring a
selection of recordings by the composer.
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