The art of French piano music : Debussy, Ravel, Fauré, Chabrier / Roy Howat.

By: Howat, RoyMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c2009Description: xvi, 400 p. : ill., music ; 25 cmISBN: 9780300145472 (hbk.); 0300145470 (hbk.)Subject(s): Piano music -- France -- History and criticism | Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918 -- Criticism and interpretation | Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Piano music | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937 -- Criticism and interpretation | Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Piano music | Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation | Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924. Piano music | Chabrier, Emmanuel, 1841-1894 -- Criticism and interpretation | Chabrier, Emmanuel, 1841-1894. Piano music | Piano music -- France -- Analysis, appreciationLOC classification: ML724 | .H6 2009Other classification: 24.64
Contents:
The exactitude of musical 'Impressionism' (Painting in sound ; Painting in musical structure (1) : Debussy's Preludes ; Painting in musical structure (2) : Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit ; Shapes and forms ; Reflets dans l'eau', Hokusai, Edgar Allan Poe and Leonardo of Pisa) -- Musical roots and antecedents (Chopin's legacy ; 'Musique adorable ': à la découverte d'Emmanuel Chabrier ; Debussy and the Orient ; The exotic via Russia and Spain ; The clavecinistes ; Romanticism) -- Fresh perspectives (Rhythmic games in Ravel ; Rhythmic games in Chabrier ; Repertoire discoveries) -- At the keyboard (What do we interpret? ; Editions and what they can't quite tell us ; Rhythm, tempo, dance and humour ; A fresh look at Gabriel Fauré ; Orchestral thinking and the pedals ; Body language and the piano ; The composer as pianist) -- Appendices ('Facilement, facilement' : finding technical ease ; Glosses on titles and musical allusions ; Composers' surviving instruments and recordings ; Brief summary of critical editions ; Locations of musical manuscripts discussed)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-388) and index.

The exactitude of musical 'Impressionism' (Painting in sound ; Painting in musical structure (1) : Debussy's Preludes ; Painting in musical structure (2) : Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit ; Shapes and forms ; Reflets dans l'eau', Hokusai, Edgar Allan Poe and Leonardo of Pisa) -- Musical roots and antecedents (Chopin's legacy ; 'Musique adorable ': à la découverte d'Emmanuel Chabrier ; Debussy and the Orient ; The exotic via Russia and Spain ; The clavecinistes ; Romanticism) -- Fresh perspectives (Rhythmic games in Ravel ; Rhythmic games in Chabrier ; Repertoire discoveries) -- At the keyboard (What do we interpret? ; Editions and what they can't quite tell us ; Rhythm, tempo, dance and humour ; A fresh look at Gabriel Fauré ; Orchestral thinking and the pedals ; Body language and the piano ; The composer as pianist) -- Appendices ('Facilement, facilement' : finding technical ease ; Glosses on titles and musical allusions ; Composers' surviving instruments and recordings ; Brief summary of critical editions ; Locations of musical manuscripts discussed)

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