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Debussy Studies

By: Richard Langham Smith

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Debussy Studies

By: Richard Langham Smith

A collection of essays on Debussy exploring his working methods, visual tastes and his performance practice.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521460905

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9780521460903

Claude Debussy: Pelléas Et Mélisande

By: Roger Nichols,Richard Langham Smith

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Claude Debussy: Pelléas Et Mélisande

By: Roger Nichols,Richard Langham Smith

This first comprehensive guide to Debussy's only completed opera, Pelléas et Mélisande was written by the leading authorities on French music of the period. As a background to the opera, the authors, together with David Grayson, discuss various aspects of the play. They consider its literary roots, trace its genesis and composition, and illuminate Debussy's compositional strategies. A detailed synopsis of Debussy's musical response to the text forms a central chapter. This is followed by an examination of the symbols and musical motives employed by Debussy as well as an analysis of his themes. The book concludes with a detailed bibliography and a discography.

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224

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Cambridge University Press

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0521314461

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9780521314466

Bizet's Carmen Uncovered

By: Richard Langham Smith

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Bizet's Carmen Uncovered

By: Richard Langham Smith

Bizet's Carmen Uncovered exposes the myths and stereotypes that so often surround this much loved opera by exploring its first staging, and the particularly Spanish contexts in which the opera was conceived, written, and staged.

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341

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Boydell & Brewer

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1783275251

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9781783275250

Parcifal

By: Richard Wagner

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Parcifal

By: Richard Wagner

From its conception in 1857 to its first performances in 1882, Parsifal represented the culmination of the themes that preoccupied Wagner during the latter part of his life. This guide includes a series of articles on Wagner's profound and complex opera, which the composer preferred to call a Buehnenweihfestspiel - a "e;Stage Consecration Festival Play"e;. Dieter Borchmeyer discusses the mythological foundations of Parsifal and its relation to Wagner's earlier works. Barry Emslie's thought-provoking piece explores the "e;virtues of sin"e; in Wagner's last opera. Robin Holloway provides a study of Parsifal's musical motifs, followed by Carolyn Abbate's article, which examines the relation between music and drama in the opera. Gerd Rienaecker contributes an essay on the dramaturgy, and analyses some of the major scenes. Finally, Mike Ashman writes about Parsifal on the stage.The present edition contains a literal translation of the libretto opposite the original German text, a number of photographs covering a wide chronology to the present day, a comprehensive thematic guide, a bibliography and discography, as well as DVD and website guides. It will prove an essential companion for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of Wagner's final masterpiece.Contains:Recapitulation of a Lifetime, Dieter BorchmeyerParsifal: The Profanity of the Sacred, Barry EmslieExperiencing Music and Imagery in Parsifal, Robin HollowayParsifal: Words and Music, Carolyn AbbateDiscursions into the Dramaturgy of Parsifal, Gerd RienaeckerParsifal on the Stage, Mike AshmanParsifal: Poem by Richard WagnerParsifal: English Translation by Lionel Salter

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Alma Books

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0714544795

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9780714544793

Parsifal

By: Richard Wagner

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Parsifal

By: Richard Wagner

These Opera Guides are ideal com panions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. More than any other work in the operatic repertory, Parsifal demands a personal commitment and response. As the culmination of half a lifetime's preoccupation with the issues of compassion and redemption, it has profound philosophical implications. As the ultimate example of Wagner's idiom it is an extraordinary musical structure. The unique quality of the subject inspired a wholly original musical conception. Here are four very different essays designed, in their variety, to set you thinking about it what it means to you. The translation was commissioned for the first production by English National Opera in 1986.Contents: A Very Human Epic Mike Ashman; Recapitulation of a Lifetime Dieter Borchmeyer; Experiencing Music and Imagery in 'Parsifal' Robin Holloway; 'Parsifal': Words and Music Carolyn Abbate; Discussions into the Dramaturgy of 'Parsifal' Gerd Rienaecker; Thematic Guide Lionel Friend; 'Parsifal' poem by Richard Wagner; 'Parsifal' English translation by Andrew Porter; Act One; Act Two; Act Three; Discography Cathy Peterson; Bibliography; Contributors

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071454535X

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9780714545356

Music in the Early Twentieth Century

The Oxford History of Western Music

By: Richard Taruskin

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Music in the Early Twentieth Century

The Oxford History of Western Music

By: Richard Taruskin

The universally acclaimed and award-winning Oxford History of Western Music is the eminent musicologist Richard Taruskin's provocative, erudite telling of the story of Western music from its earliest days to the present. Each book in this superlative five-volume set illuminates-through a representative sampling of masterworks-the themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to a significant period in the history of Western music. Music in the Early Twentieth Century , the fourth volume in Richard Taruskin's history, looks at the first half of the twentieth century, from the beginnings of Modernism in the last decade of the nineteenth century right up to the end of World War II. Taruskin discusses modernism in Germany and France as reflected in the work of Mahler, Strauss, Satie, and Debussy, the modern ballets of Stravinsky, the use of twelve-tone technique in the years following World War I, the music of Charles Ives, the influence of peasant songs on Bela Bartok, Stravinsky's neo-classical phase and the real beginnings of 20th-century music, the vision of America as seen in the works of such composers as W.C. Handy, George Gershwin, and Virgil Thomson, and the impact of totalitarianism on the works of a range of musicians from Toscanini to Shostakovich

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Oxford University Press

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0199796017

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9780199796014

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Debussy Studies

Debussy Studies

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Claude Debussy: Pelléas Et Mélisande

Bizet's Carmen Uncovered

Bizet's Carmen Uncovered

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Parcifal

Parsifal

Parsifal

Music in the Early Twentieth Century

Music in the Early Twentieth Century

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