The first comprehensive guide to Pelleas et Melisande, Debussy's
only completed opera, this book is written by three of the leading
authorities on French music of the period. As a background to the
opera Richard Langham Smith discusses the play, by the Belgian
dramatist Maeterlinck, and considers its literary roots. David
Grayson then traces the genesis and composition of the opera,
examining also the sketches and rejected versions in order to
illuminate Debussy's compositional strategies. A detailed synopsis
by Roger Nichols, which considers carefully Debussy's musical
response to the text, forms a central chapter. The book then moves
on to consider more detailed aspects of the style and language of
the opera. The relationship between symbols and musical motives
forms the basis of a chapter by Richard Langham Smith, and a
subsequent chapter by him considers the themes of darkness and
light and the key-schemes used to portray them. Two chapters by
Roger Nichols on the various performances since 1902 and on the
ideas of interpreters and commentators complete the text. The book
concludes with a detailed bibliography and a discography.
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