The Life Of Debussy
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The Life Of Debussy
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Author : Roger Nichols
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1998-04-28
The Life Of Debussy written by Roger Nichols and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-04-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'That great blue Sphinx', Debussy called the sea. Debussy himself was something of a Sphinx: in the early 1890s he was thinking of 'founding a society for musical esotericism', and although, on the surface, most of his music is instantly engaging and accessible, at a deeper level run currents that are dangerous, unpredictable, destructive. In this new biography, Roger Nichols considers the life and music of this seminal figure charting the currents and the whirlpools in which other humans were sometimes unlucky enough to get caught. Debussy's status is such that no modern composer has been able to ignore him, asking, as he does, any number of riddles to which late twentieth-century music is still searching answers.
Claude Debussy His Life And Works
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Author : Leon Vallas
language : en
Publisher: Vallas Press
Release Date : 2007-03
Claude Debussy His Life And Works written by Leon Vallas and has been published by Vallas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Claude Debussy was a world famous French composer and since his death has become one of the most influential composers of all time. Here is a charming biography which tries to understand the man through his music. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Claude Debussy His Life And Works
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Author : Léon Vallas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Claude Debussy His Life And Works written by Léon Vallas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Debussy
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Author : Stephen Walsh
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2018-02-27
Debussy written by Stephen Walsh and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Debussy's life is of extraordinary interest because, like Wagner and Stravinsky, he crossed artistic boundaries, associating as much with poets and artists as with musicians. His father was active in the 1871 Paris Commune and the composer's childhood was thus unsettled, his musical preparation erratic, and his subsequent lifestyle somewhat bohemian by the bourgeois norms of the French musical establishment. He never went to a proper school, but was enough of a pianist to enter the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 10. Whilst still a student he rebelled against the academy-taught "rules of composition" and constructed a language of his own, in constant rebellion against the heavy Wagnerian influence prevalent at that time.In the early 1900s he worked in Paris as a music critic. His own music during these years includes some of the greatest and most influential works of the early twentieth century: the opera Pelléas et Mélisande, his orchestral masterpieces La Mer and Images, a series of profoundly original piano works (including two books of Préludes), and the ballet Jeux, premiered in Diaghilev's 1913 season just before Stravinsky's Rite of Spring (which Debussy attended). His later years were plagued by the rectal cancer that eventually killed him in 1918. But he continued to compose until 1917This was a period of political and cultural turmoil in French life, the Franco-Prussian war and its aftermath, the Dreyfus affair with its religious and military undercurrents, the general instability of the Third Republic, and the First World War. Stephen Walsh's study combines chronological biography with a contextualised picture placing Debussy in the broad artistic and social environment of turn-of-the-century France, making this a significant contribution to the cultural history of the time.
Claude Debussy
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Author : François Lesure
language : en
Publisher: Eastman Studies in Music
Release Date : 2019
Claude Debussy written by François Lesure and has been published by Eastman Studies in Music this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
English translation and revised edition of the most comprehensive and reliable biography of Claude Debussy.
Claude Debussy
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Author : David J. Code
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2010-08-15
Claude Debussy written by David J. Code and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
French composer Claude Debussy (1862–1918) created music that was revolutionary, with a distinctly modern sound that highlighted the intersection of art and life. Here, in this unique biography, David J. Code explores the important moments in the development of Debussy’s literary interests that shaped his music—and in the process brings to life Debussy’s sardonic personality. Claude Debussy presents an in-depth look at how Debussy’s love for poetry influenced his musical compositions. Code explores both Debussy’s earlier years, filled with student cantatas inspired by Verlaine and Baudelaire, as well as his later works, dominated by nationalistic pieces inspired by French Renaissance poets and composed in the lead-up to World War I. Along the way, Code looks at Debussy’s orchestral compositions and operas, inspired by Stéphane Mallarmé and Maurice Maeterlinck. This book will give readers a fresh way of listening to Debussy’s classic music by offering the most up-to-date critical analysis of the intersection of Debussy’s literary interests and musical compositions and will appeal to any reader with a love of Debussy, as well as modern music, literature, and the arts.
Debussy
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Author : Rollo H Myers
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18
Debussy written by Rollo H Myers and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with categories.
In this classic biography, Myers provides a fascinating portrait of the French composer Claude Debussy. He covers all aspects of Debussy's life and career, from his early years as a struggling musician to his later years as a celebrated composer. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the life and music of one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century classical music. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Claude Debussy 20th Century Composers
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Author : Paul Roberts
language : it
Publisher: Phaidon Press Limited
Release Date : 2008-04-23
Claude Debussy 20th Century Composers written by Paul Roberts and has been published by Phaidon Press Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An intimate biography of this innovative and troubled composer.
Emma And Claude Debussy
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Author : Gillian Opstad
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2022
Emma And Claude Debussy written by Gillian Opstad and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Emma Bardac and her relationship with Claude Debussy take centre stage in this insightful exploration of their lives together. The singer Emma Bardac (1862-1934) has often been presented as a woman who ensnared Claude Debussy (1862-1918) because she wanted to be associated with his fame and to live a life of luxury. Indeed, in many biographies and composer-related studies of Debussy, the only mentions that she receives are brief and derogatory. Here Emma Bardac and her relationship with the composer take centre stage. The book traces Emma's Jewish ancestry and her background, the significant role of her wealthy uncle Osiris, her marriage at seventeen to the wealthy Jewish banker Sigismond Bardac, her affair with Gabriel Fauré and her liaison with and subsequent marriage to Debussy. As Gillian Opstad shows, the pressure and stifling effects of domestic life on Debussy's attitude to his composing were considerable. The financial consequences of their partnership were disastrous, and their circle of close friends was small. Emma suffered physically and mentally from the tensions of the marriage, particularly money worries, and the possibility that Debussy was attracted to her older daughter. She considered divorce but supported him through his deepest depression and during the First World War until he succumbed to cancer in 1918. After Debussy's death, Emma felt driven both on his behalf and for financial reasons to further performances of the composer's works and provoked the annoyance of other musicians by having early compositions resurrected, completed and performed. In this engagingly written biography, Gillian Opstad brings to light little-known facts about Emma's background and family, advances new insights into her relationship with Debussy, and provides a glimpse of an early twentieth-century Parisian milieu that experienced wide-spread antisemitism.
Claude Debussy
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Author : Wendy Thompson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Claude Debussy written by Wendy Thompson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with categories.
This biography looks at the life and work of Claude Debussy. Illustrated with impressioninst and art nouveau, the book portrays Debussy's life against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century Paris. Simple keyboard arrangements of some of Debussy's work are also included.