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The Cambridge companion to Debussy, edited by Simon Trezise

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The Cambridge companion to Debussy, edited by Simon Trezise

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-317) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Cambridge companion to Debussy

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

57545174

Responsibility statement

edited by Simon Trezise

Series statement

Cambridge companions to music

Summary

This Companion offers new insights into Debussy's character, his environment and his music, especially the roles of nature and eroticism in his music. His works are discussed through the themes of sonority, rhythm, tonality and form, with closing chapters on performance and reception at the start of the new century

Table Of Contents

Debussy the man / Robert Orledge -- Debussy's Parisian affiliations / Barbara L. Kelly -- Debussy as musician and critic / Déirdre Donnellon -- Debussy on stage / David Grayson -- The prosaic Debussy / Roger Nichols -- Debussy and expression / Nigel Simeone -- Exploring the erotic in Debussy's music / Julie McQuinn -- Debussy and nature / Caroline Potter -- Debussy's tonality : a formal perspective / Boyd Pomeroy -- The Debussy sound : colour, texture, gesture / Mark DeVoto -- Music's inner dance : form, pacing and complexity in Debussy's music / Richard S. Parks -- Debussy's 'rhythmicised time' / Simon Trezise -- Debussy in performance / Charles Timbrell -- Debussy now / Arnold Whittall

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