Debussy.
Frederick Jensen, Eric.
Debussy. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (324 pages) - Composers Across Cultures Series . - Composers Across Cultures Series .
Cover -- DEBUSSY -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Sources in Notes -- CHAPTER ONE: A Musician's Apprenticeship -- At the Conservatoire -- CHAPTER TWO: The Prix de Rome -- Rome -- CHAPTER THREE: Establishing a Reputation -- CHAPTER FOUR: Years of Struggle -- CHAPTER FIVE: Divagations, 1900-1904 -- CHAPTER SIX: Notoriety and Respectability, 1904-1910 -- CHAPTER SEVEN: The Final Years, 1910-1918 -- CHAPTER EIGHT: Debussy and the Arts -- Impressionism -- Symbolism -- CHAPTER NINE: Student Compositions -- CHAPTER TEN: Compositions, 1888-1893 -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: Compositions, 1893-1899 -- CHAPTER TWELVE: Pelléas et Mélisande and the Poe Operas -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Compositions 1900-1912 -- The Songs -- Music for Piano -- Estampes -- Images -- The Second Suite bergamasque -- The Préludes -- Music for Orchestra -- The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, Khamma, and Projects for the Stage -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN :Compositions, 1912-1918 -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Debussy as Critic -- APPENDIX A: Calendar -- APPENDIX B: List of Works -- APPENDIX C: Personalia -- Select Bibliography -- Correspondence and Writings -- Reminiscences -- Books: Debussy, Debussy's Music -- Books Related to Debussy -- Index.
Nearly one hundred years after the death of its composer, the music of Claude Debussy has lost none of its appeal. In this authoritative biography, author Eric Frederick Jensen brings together the most recent biographical research, including a revised catalogue of Debussy's compositions and the first complete edition of his correspondence. With separate, chronological sections on his life and music, Debussy is accessible to the general reader who wishes to focus on his life and personality, while providing detailed discussion of the music to musicians and students.
9780199357444
Debussy, Claude, -- 1862-1918.
Composers -- France -- Biography.
Electronic books.
ML410.D28.J46 2014eb
780.92 B
Debussy. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (324 pages) - Composers Across Cultures Series . - Composers Across Cultures Series .
Cover -- DEBUSSY -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Sources in Notes -- CHAPTER ONE: A Musician's Apprenticeship -- At the Conservatoire -- CHAPTER TWO: The Prix de Rome -- Rome -- CHAPTER THREE: Establishing a Reputation -- CHAPTER FOUR: Years of Struggle -- CHAPTER FIVE: Divagations, 1900-1904 -- CHAPTER SIX: Notoriety and Respectability, 1904-1910 -- CHAPTER SEVEN: The Final Years, 1910-1918 -- CHAPTER EIGHT: Debussy and the Arts -- Impressionism -- Symbolism -- CHAPTER NINE: Student Compositions -- CHAPTER TEN: Compositions, 1888-1893 -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: Compositions, 1893-1899 -- CHAPTER TWELVE: Pelléas et Mélisande and the Poe Operas -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Compositions 1900-1912 -- The Songs -- Music for Piano -- Estampes -- Images -- The Second Suite bergamasque -- The Préludes -- Music for Orchestra -- The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, Khamma, and Projects for the Stage -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN :Compositions, 1912-1918 -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Debussy as Critic -- APPENDIX A: Calendar -- APPENDIX B: List of Works -- APPENDIX C: Personalia -- Select Bibliography -- Correspondence and Writings -- Reminiscences -- Books: Debussy, Debussy's Music -- Books Related to Debussy -- Index.
Nearly one hundred years after the death of its composer, the music of Claude Debussy has lost none of its appeal. In this authoritative biography, author Eric Frederick Jensen brings together the most recent biographical research, including a revised catalogue of Debussy's compositions and the first complete edition of his correspondence. With separate, chronological sections on his life and music, Debussy is accessible to the general reader who wishes to focus on his life and personality, while providing detailed discussion of the music to musicians and students.
9780199357444
Debussy, Claude, -- 1862-1918.
Composers -- France -- Biography.
Electronic books.
ML410.D28.J46 2014eb
780.92 B