Synopses & Reviews
"I am immensely impressed by the scholarship and painstakingly detailed analysis." --George Jellinek
Song by song, this comprehensive study addresses the works of Fauré, Chausson, Duparc, and Debussy, four composers who brought to the magnificent poetry of their contemporaries the delicacy, sensitivity, and voluptuousness that characterize French music from 1865 to 1914.
Synopsis
Song by song, this comprehensive study addresses the works of Faure, Chausson, Duparc, and Debussy, four composers who brought to the magnificent poetry of their contemporaries the delicacy, sensitivity, and voluptuousness that characterize French music from 1865 to 1914.
Synopsis
I am immensely impressed by the scholarship and painstakinglydetailed analysis. -- George Jellinek
Song by song, thiscomprehensive study addresses the works of Faur?, Chausson, Duparc, and Debussy, four composers who brought to the magnificent poetry of their contemporaries thedelicacy, sensitivity, and voluptuousness that characterize French music from 1865to 1914.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]) and index of first lines.
About the Author
Barbara Meister is an accompanist, chamber musician, solo pianist, and lecturer on art songs.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Gabriel Fauré
Ernest Chausson
Henri Duparc
Claude Debussy
Bibliography
Index of First Lines