Synopses & Reviews
"Cecilia Dunoyer has written a thoughtful and carefully researched work. Not only is her book crammed with information on French music, performers, and composers, it also is highly readable."
Description
Discography: p. 230-232. Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-234) and index.
About the Author
CECILIA DUNOYER is Education Coordinator at the Center for Performing Arts at Pennsylvania State University. She combines the careers of pianist and scholar, giving lecture-recitals on French and Russian music and concertizing in both Europe and America.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART ONE: THE ARTIST
1. Marguerite Long's Youth
2. Marguerite Long and Gabriel Faure: 1902-1912
3. Other Musical Collaborations
4. Marguerie Long and Claude Debussy: 1914-1919
5. The Postwar Years and the 1920's
6. The 1930s: Marguerite Long and Maurice Ravel
PART TWO: PEDAGOGUE AND AMBASSADOR OF FRENCH MUSIC
7. Portrait of a Pedagogue
8. The War Years: 1939-1945
9. The Concours Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud
10. The Postwar Decade: 1946-1955
11. Ambassador of French Music
12. The Last Ten Years of Long's Life: 1956-1966
Notes
Glossary
Discography
Bibliography
Index