French cultural politics & music
Subtitle: from the Dreyfus affair to the First World War
By: Jane F. Fulcher.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
Subjects: Music -- France -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Music -- France -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Music -- Social aspects -- France -- History -- 20th century; Music -- Social aspects -- France -- History -- 19th century; Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics
Other titles: French cultural politics and music
Description: This book draws upon both musicology and cultural history to argue that French musical meanings and values from 1898 to 1914 are best explained not in terms of contemporary artistic movements but of the political culture.

Perhaps most importantly, this book fully explores the widespread influence of politicized musical culture on such composers as d'Indy, Charpentier, Magnard, Debussy, and Satie. By viewing this fertile cultural milieu of clashing sociopolitical convictions against the broader background of aesthetic rivalry and opposition, this work addresses the changing notions of "tradition" in music - and of modernism itself.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-284) and index.