Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-290) and index.
Table of Contents
Part one. The spirit of Debussy performance. Debussy on performance: sound and unsound ideals / Richard Langham Smith ; Symbolism and performance / Claude Abravanel ; Pellâeas et Mâelisande in performance / Louis-Marc Suter -- Part two. The genres in performance. Debussy and orchestral performance / James R. Briscoe ; Debussy and early Debussystes at the piano / Cecilia Dunoyer ; Debussy, the dance, and the Faune / Stephanie Jordan ; Thoughts on the history of (Re)interpreting Debussy's songs / Brooks Toliver -- Part three. Interpreters on Debussy. How not to perform Pellâeas et Mâelisande / Dâesirâe-Emile Inghelbrecht ; Debussy, Pellâeas, and orchestral conducting: an interview with Pierre Boulez / James R. Briscoe -- Part four. Debussy performance and score analysis. Structure and performance: metric and phrase ambiguities in the three chamber sonatas / Richard S. Parks ; Timbre, voice-leading, and the musical arabesque in Debussy's piano music / Jann Pasler.