Irony and sound
Subtitle: the music of Maurice Ravel
By: Stephen Zank.
Series: Eastman studies in music -- v. 66
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781580461894
Subjects: Ravel, Maurice, -- 1875-1937 -- Criticism and interpretation; Irony in music; Music and literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Gentle irony; title: Simple sound : Ravel and crescendo; title: Opposed sound : Ravel and counterpoint; title: Displaced sound : Ravel and registration; title: Plundered sound : Ravel and the exotic; title: Sound and sense : Ravel and synaesthesia; title: Secrets of modernity : irony and style.