Debussy's Paris (eBook)

Piano Portraits of the Belle Epoque

Catherine Kautsky (Autor)

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2017
254 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-6983-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Debussy’s Paris takes readers on a tour of Belle Époque Paris through detailed descriptions of the city’s delights and the exquisite piano music Debussy wrote to accompany them. Kautsky reveals little known aspects of Parisian life and weaves the music, the man, the city, and the era into an indissoluble whole.

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Claude Debussy's exquisite piano works have captivated generations with their dreamlike atmosphere and mysterious soundscapes. Written in Paris at the height of the Belle poque, the music creates a soundtrack for Parisians' enjoyment of such delights as clowns, mermaids, eccentric dances, and the dark tales of Edgar Allan Poe. Debussy's Paris: Piano Portraits of the Belle poque explores how key works reflect not only the most appealing and innocent aspects of Paris but also more disquieting attitudes of the time such as racism, colonial domination, and nationalistic hostility. Debussy left no avenue unexplored, and his piano works present a sweeping overview of the passions, vices, and obsessions of the era. Pianist Catherine Kautsky reveals little-known elements of Parisian culture and weaves the music, the man, the city, and the era into an indissoluble whole. Her portrait will delight anyone who has ever been entranced by Debussy's music or the city that inspired it.

Autor

Catherine Kautsky is chair of keyboard at Lawrence University and has been lauded by the New York Times as “a pianist who can play Mozart and Schubert as though their sentiments and habits of speech coincided exactly with hers.” Visit https://www.debussysparis.com/ to enjoy Kautsky’s performance of many of Debussy’s works, as well as additional artworks, poems, and primary source materials from this book.

Inhalt

Ch. 1: Pierrot Conquers Paris Ch. 2. Poets, Clowns, and Circus Daredevils Ch. 3. Dance Steps out of Line Ch. 4. The Cakewalk WarsCh. 5. A Taste for the OrientCh. 6. Asia on a PedestalCh. 7 Child’s Play and Make BelieveCh. 8. Fairies and Fairy Tales Ch. 9. Crossovers on Land and at SeaCh. 10. The Floating World Ch. 11. Fair-haired Maidens Ch. 12. Edgar Allan Poe’s “Imp of the Perverse” Ch. 13 The Sounds of NationalismAfterword: In Conversation with Baudelaire and Proust

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.9.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 70 Illustrations including: - 17 Black & White Illustrations; - 53 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Singen / Musizieren
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: Claire de Lune • Classical music • Claude-Achille Debussy • Composers • famous composers • Fin de siècle • Fin de siècle • French history • french republic • music biography • music biography • music history and criticism • Piano • World War I • wwi
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-6983-9 / 1442269839
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-6983-5 / 9781442269835