Debussy and his world
By: edited by Jane F. Fulcher.
Contributors: Fulcher, Jane F.
Series: The Bard Music Festival series
Publisher: Princeton Univ. Press; Princeton Univ Pr
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
Subjects: Debussy, Claude, -- 1862-1918 -- Criticism and interpretation; Music -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. The evolution.  Introduction: constructions and reconstructions of Debussy / Jane F. Fulcher ; Debussy's Rome cantatas / John R. Clevenger ; Debussy, Gautier, and "Les papillons" / Marie Rolf ; Bilitis and Tanagra: afternoons with nude women / David Grayson ; Beyond the illusions of realism: painting and Debussy's break with tradition / Leon Botstein ; The symphony in Debussy's world: a context for his views on the genre and early interpretations of La mer / Brian Hart ; Speaking the truth to power: the dialogic element in Debussy's wartime compositions / Jane F. Fulcher; title: Pt. 2. The context.  Debussy, Fauré, and d'Indy and conceptions of the artist: the institutions, the dialogues, the conflicts / Gail Hilson Woldu ; Debussy, Mallarmé, and "Les mardis" / Rosemary Lloyd ; Debussy in fin-de-siècle Paris / Christophe Charle; title: Pt. 3. Documents.  Debussy's Paris Conservatoire training / collected, edited, and introduced by John R. Clevenger ; "Le cas Debussy": revisions and polemics about the composer's "new manner" / collected and translated by Brian Hart.