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On the Interpretation of the Mélodies of Claude Debussy

By: Jane Bathori

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On the Interpretation of the Mélodies of Claude Debussy

By: Jane Bathori

Jane Bathori was a catalyst for as well as interpreter of the works of many French composers. In 1904, she met Claude Debussy, played some of his piano pieces for him and sang several of his songs. Their discussions were the basis for her 1953 book, On the Interpretation of the Melodies of Claude Debussy which she resolved to write "after having heard Debussy's intentions betrayed so many times, and also to encourage singers ... to study some of the songs which are not known and are never sung, the excuse being that they are so difficult to interpret" (from Bathori's opening).

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1576470083

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9781576470084

The Composer As Intellectual

Music and Ideology in France, 1914-1940

By: Jane F. Fulcher

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The Composer As Intellectual

Music and Ideology in France, 1914-1940

By: Jane F. Fulcher

In The Composer as Intellectual, musicologist Jane Fulcher reveals the extent to which leading French composers between the World Wars were not only aware of but also engaged intellectually and creatively with the central political and ideological issues of the period. Employing recent sociological and historical insights, she demonstrates the extent to which composers, particularly those in Paris since the Dreyfus Affair, considered themselves and were considered to be intellectuals, and interacted closely with intellectuals in other fields. Their consciousness raised by the First World War and the xenophobic nationalism of official culture, some joined parties or movements, allying themselves with and propagating different sets of cultural and political-social goals. Fulcher shows how these composers furthered their ideals through the specific language and means of their art, rejecting the dominant cultural exclusions or constraints of conservative postwar institutions and creatively translating their cultural values into terms of form and style. This was not only the case with Debussy in wartime, but with Ravel in the twenties, when he became a socialist and unequivocally refused to espouse a narrow, exclusionary nationalism. It was also the case with the group called "Les Six," who responded culturally in the twenties and then politically in the thirties, when most of them supported the programs of the Popular Front. Others could not be enthusiastic about the latter and, largely excluded from official culture, sought out more compatible movements or returned to the Catholic Church. Like many French Catholics, they faced the crisis of Catholicism in the thirties when the church not only supported Franco, but Mussolini's imperialistic aggression in Ethiopia. While Poulenc embraced traditional Catholicism, Messiaen turned to more progressive Catholic movements that embraced modern art and insisted that religion must cross national and racial boundaries. Fulcher demonstrates how closely music had become a field of clashing ideologies in this period. She shows also how certain French composers responded, and how their responses influenced specific aspects of their professional and stylistic development. She thus argues that, from this perspective, we can not only better understand specific aspects of the stylistic evolution of these composers, but also perceive the role that their art played in the ideological battles and in heightening cultural-political awareness of their time.

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Oxford University Press

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0190291818

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On the Interpretation of the Mélodies of Claude Debussy

By: Jane Bathori

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For the Jane Bennets

By: Jane Elizabeth

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For the Jane Bennets

By: Jane Elizabeth

In any 17th century English society, a woman like the celebrated Elizabeth Bennet is easily noticed and quick to be admired for her witty tongue and sparkling personality. Yet there are as many of the same sex who have a soft-spoken, humble temper; always looking to please though never explicitly expressing how they feelmuch like Elizabeths sister, Jane Bennet. Ann Ashton is one of such character and disposition, who, on the brink of adulthood, has suddenly been brought into contact again with her childhood friend, Mr. Hampton, whom she had loved in her youth. But the circumstances of their previous parting has made Ann weary of the gentleman, and it will take time and great patience on Hamptons part if he wishes her to open her heart to him once more.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1469194406

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9781469194400

The Daily Jane Austen

A Year of Quotes

By: Jane Austen

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The Daily Jane Austen

A Year of Quotes

By: Jane Austen

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen is eminently, delightfully, and delectably quotable. This truth goes far beyond the first line of Pride and Prejudice, which has muscled out many other excellent sentences. So many gems of wit and wisdom from her novels deserve to be better known, from Northanger Abbey on its lovable, naive heroine -- "if adventures will not befal a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad" -- to Persuasion's moving lines of love from its regret-filled hero: "You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late."Devoney Looser has drawn 378 genuine, Austen-authored passages from across the canon, resulting in an anthology that is compulsively readable and repeatable. Whether you approach the collection on a one-a-day model or in a satisfying binge read, you will emerge wiser about Austen, if not about life. The Daily Jane Austen will amuse and inspire skeptical beginners, Janeite experts, and every reader in between by showcasing some of the greatest sentences ever crafted in the history of fiction.

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Harper Collins

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9353577306

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9789353577308

Diaries of Jane Summers - Vol 1

A Collection of Letters

By: Jane Summers

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Diaries of Jane Summers - Vol 1

A Collection of Letters

By: Jane Summers

Diaries of Jane Summer is a 15-chapter book of Jane’s letters to her mother sharing her knowledge of nature, seasons, culture, customs, traditions, and the differences in new traditions, new customs, and the changes in seasons and nature that she noted over a period of time.

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Letters of Jane Austen

By: Jane Austen

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Letters of Jane Austen

By: Jane Austen

This 1884 volume offers a collection of Austen's letters, with an introduction by her great nephew, Edward, Lord Brabourne.

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Book's by Jane Bathori

On the Interpretation of the Mélodies of Claude Debussy

On the Interpretation of the Mélodies of Claude Debussy

The Composer As Intellectual

The Composer As Intellectual

On the Interpretation of the Mélodies of Claude Debussy

On the Interpretation of the Mélodies of Claude Debussy

For the Jane Bennets

For the Jane Bennets

The Daily Jane Austen

The Daily Jane Austen

Diaries of Jane Summers - Vol 1

Diaries of Jane Summers - Vol 1

Letters of Jane Austen

Letters of Jane Austen

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