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The French Symphony at the Fin de Siecle
Andrew Deruchie
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Description for The French Symphony at the Fin de Siecle
Hardcover. The first extended study of seven beloved French symphonic masterpieces, from Saint-Saens and Franck to d'Indy and Dukas. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJC; AVGC5; AVGC6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 674.
The first extended study of seven beloved French symphonic masterpieces, from Saint-Saëns and Franck to d'Indy and Dukas. In this first full-length study of the symphony in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century France, Andrew Deruchie provides extended critical discussion of seven of the most influential and frequently performed works of the era, by Camille Saint-Saëns, César Franck, Édouard Lalo, Vincent d'Indy, and Paul Dukas. The volume explores how these symphonists modernized the art form yet preserved many of the formal and rhetorical conventions of the canon, reconciling, in particular, Beethoven's symphonic legacy with the musical culture, intellectual environment, and ... Read more
The first extended study of seven beloved French symphonic masterpieces, from Saint-Saëns and Franck to d'Indy and Dukas. In this first full-length study of the symphony in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century France, Andrew Deruchie provides extended critical discussion of seven of the most influential and frequently performed works of the era, by Camille Saint-Saëns, César Franck, Édouard Lalo, Vincent d'Indy, and Paul Dukas. The volume explores how these symphonists modernized the art form yet preserved many of the formal and rhetorical conventions of the canon, reconciling, in particular, Beethoven's symphonic legacy with the musical culture, intellectual environment, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Number of Pages
310
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781580463829
SKU
V9781580463829
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99-1
Reviews for The French Symphony at the Fin de Siecle
Immensely valuable: rich in insights, meticulously presented, Deruchie's book shows. . . each work to be as cunningly crafted and tightly unified as the Germanic works to whose standards they have always been held and usually found wanting.
NINETEENTH-CENTURY MUSIC REVIEWS
Richly illustrated by musical examples and graphs. . . . Deruchie's prose is pleasantly engaging, and he ... Read more
NINETEENTH-CENTURY MUSIC REVIEWS
Richly illustrated by musical examples and graphs. . . . Deruchie's prose is pleasantly engaging, and he ... Read more