Claude Debussy - Pelleas Et Melisande (Book)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 1989
First published:	1989
Authors:	Roger Nichols • Richard Langham Smith
Dimensions:	142 x 216 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Book
Pages:	220
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-31446-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > Opera Promotions
LSN:	0-521-31446-1
Barcode:	9780521314466

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