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Does one need to know the rules of harmony to be considered a
musician? Throughout A la recherche du temps perdu, and
particularly ' Swann in Love', Proust displays a surprising
sensitivity to the way music is heard, a sensitivity to which we
owe some of the most beautiful writing on music. Through a study of
the texts devoted to the Sonata and Septet of Vinteui, Jean-Jacques
Nattiez demonstrates the fundamental role played by music in the
evolution of the novel. He also shows how Debussy, Wagner and
Beethoven provide the basis for a mystical quest whose goal is pure
music and the literary absolute. Music as model for literature:
this is the subject of Professor Nattiez's essay, which unravels
the various musical themes running through Proust's work, and which
thus constitutes a particularly clear and perceptive introduction
to his writing.
The contributions to this handbook bring together a full-length
study of Elektra in English. The volume examines the many facets of
one of Richard Strauss's most complex operas. First, P. E.
Easterling surveys the mythological background, while Karen Forsyth
discusses Hofmannsthal's adaptation of his sources. The second part
brings the music to the fore. Derrick Puffett offers an
introductory essay and synopsis; Arnold Whittall considers the
tonal and dramatic structure of the composition; Tethys Carpenter
explores the musical language of the work in detail, with special
focus given to part of the Klytaemnestra scene. The third part of
the volume offers two contrasting critical essays: Carolyn Abbate
provides an interpretation informed by her recent work on
narrative, and Robin Holloway analyses Strauss's orchestration of
the opera. The book also contains a discography and an appendix of
excerpts from the Strauss-Hofmannsthal correspondence.
This first full-length study of Salome in English since Lawrence Gilman's (1907) moves from historical and literary analysis to critical appraisal and includes a synopsis, bibliography and discography.
Does one need to know the rules of harmony to be considered a
musician? Throughout A la recherche du temps perdu, and
particularly ' Swann in Love', Proust displays a surprising
sensitivity to the way music is heard, a sensitivity to which we
owe some of the most beautiful writing on music. Through a study of
the texts devoted to the Sonata and Septet of Vinteui, Jean-Jacques
Nattiez demonstrates the fundamental role played by music in the
evolution of the novel. He also shows how Debussy, Wagner and
Beethoven provide the basis for a mystical quest whose goal is pure
music and the literary absolute. Music as model for literature:
this is the subject of Professor Nattiez's essay, which unravels
the various musical themes running through Proust's work, and which
thus constitutes a particularly clear and perceptive introduction
to his writing.
This book is a collection of essays, by the leading German
musicologist of our day, on one of the most controversial and
influential composers of our century: Arnold Schoenberg. Schoenberg
is considered here as a historical figure, as a thinker and
theoretician and as a composer whose works may be subjected to
technical analysis and/or examined in relation to the history of
ideas. Above all, he is considered in the context of the 'New
Music', the historical and cultural movement of the first two
decades of this century which embrace musicians such as Webern,
Schreker and Scriabin (all of whom are allotted individual essays),
as well as Schoenberg himself. In addition to historical and
analytical essays there are essays of a broader cultural-historical
and even sociological import which should interest all those
involved with twentieth-century music and ideas.
This collection of essays examines the works of composer Arnold
Schoenberg, one of the most influential and controversial composers
of the twentieth century, in the context of the "New Music" that
was the historical and cultural movement of his time. In these
essays, Schoenberg's work is subjected to historical, technical and
theoretical analysis. Studies of other "New Music" composers such
as Webern, Schreker and Scriabin are also provided. The collection
includes essays of broader cultural-historical and sociological
import that should interest those involved with twentieth-century
music and theory.
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