Debussy: the Quiet Revolutionary

Name: Debussy: the Quiet Revolutionary
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ISBN: 9781574671537

ISBN-10: 1574671537

ISBN-13: 9781574671537

Edition: 2007

Authors: Victor Lederer, Claude Debussy, Claude Debussy

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Debussy's music, some of the greatest composed in the twentieth century, also ranks among the century's most challenging. His influence on other composers was enormous: Bartok, Stravinsky, Webern, Boulez, and Messaien all freely acknowledged their debt to their groundbreaking predecessor. Author Victor Lederer explores the extraordinary sophistication and refinement of Debussy's music, pointing out subtleties that otherwise could take years of careful listening to fully appreciate. He shows how the composer developed his own unmistakable sound from a variety of musical inspirations, including folk, medieval, the musical languages of Spain and Java, as well as the seventeenth-century French…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Publication date: 3/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 148
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Listening to Debussy



His Life



The Music for Orchestra, 1887-99



Pour le Piano I: The Early Works for Keyboard



The Great Opera



Pout le Piano II: Masterpieces of the Middle Years



The Music for Orchestra After 1900



Pour le Piano III: The Preludes



Pour le Piano IV: The Late Works



The Songs



The Chamber Works



The Quiet Revolutionary


Selected Bibliography


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