French Art Song (eBook)

History of a New Music, 1870-1914

Emily Kilpatrick (Autor)

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2022
468 Seiten
Boydell & Brewer Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80010-810-3 (ISBN)

Infos

A ground-breaking study of the musical and literary priorities, professional practices and creative interactions that shaped one of the most adventurous artforms of the Belle Epoque.French art song, or melodie, was one of the most radical and exploratory artforms of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was also among the most intimate, a genre of experimentation, hesitation and unfiltered artistic conversation. In this landmark history, Emily Kilpatrick charts the compositional preoccupations and literary stimuli, the friendships and rivalries, critical narratives and performance practices that shaped French art song between 1870 and the First World War. She traces the expanding horizons of an essentially new musical idiom, moving from the lively debates of the avant-garde to the social and artistic contradictions of the salons, the pedagogy of the Paris Conservatoire, and the eventual accession of song to the concert platform and a central place in the world's musical imagination.The melodie of the Belle Epoque flourished amidst a culture of creative collaboration, and through the musicianship and advocacy of performers as well as composers. Setting key works by Faure, Duparc, Chausson, Debussy, and Ravel alongside historical curiosities and hidden gems, French Art Song: History of a New Music probes composer-performer relationships and the shaping of performance traditions and addresses the challenges faced by the twenty-first century interpreter. Kilpatrick twines cultural history with musical insight and a wealth of previously unpublished source material in a wide-ranging and richly detailed account of the public and private faces of musical invention.

Inhalt

Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I: Poet
1 Baudelaire's Invitation to Composers
2 Song and Memory in the "Terrible Year"
3 "To the Depths of the Unknown in Search of the New!"
4 Interlude: The Poet Sings
Part II: Singer
5 Mélodie at the Crossroads
6 Song, Salons, and the "Society Singer"
7 Collaboration and Creative Process
8 Interlude: The Voices of Fêtes Galantes
Part III: Public
9 Singing Histories
10 Reimagining Song at the Conservatoire
11 Mélodie Centre Stage
12 Postlude: Philosophies of Composition
Bibliography
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.11.2022
• Reihe/Serie: Eastman Studies in Music
• Reihe/Serie: Eastman Studies in Music
• Zusatzinfo: 91 music exx. and 14 b/w illus.
• Verlagsort: Rochester
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musikgeschichte
• Schlagworte: Belle Époque • Chausson • Debussy • Duparc • Fauré • mélodie • Paris Conservatoire • Ravel
• ISBN-10: 1-80010-810-9 / 1800108109
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80010-810-3 / 9781800108103