Debussy redux
Subtitle: the impact of his music on popular culture
By: Matthew Brown
Series: Musical meaning and interpretation
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780253357168
Subjects: Motion picture music; Popular music; Influence; History and criticism
Description: "In a study that is both scholarly and highly entertaining, Matthew Brown explores pop culture's appropriations of Debussy's music in everything from '30s swing tunes, '40s movie scores, '50s lounge/exotica, '70s rock and animation, '80s action films, and Muzak. The book, however, is far more than a compendium of fascinating borrowings. The author uses these musical transfers to tackle some of the most fundamental aesthetic issues relevant to the music of all composers, not just Debussy." David Grayson -- Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From Parisian salon to billboard phenom; title: The medium and the message; title: Lights, camera, sound track!; title: In the moog; title: "Yo; title: Baudelaire!"; title: The schlock of the new; title: Assez lent or allegro non troppo?; title: Other cultures, other sounds.