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The French symphony at the fin de siècle, style, culture, and the symphonic tradition, Andrew Deruchie

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The French symphony at the fin de siècle, style, culture, and the symphonic tradition, Andrew Deruchie

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-284) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmusic

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The French symphony at the fin de siècle

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

818734940

Responsibility statement

Andrew Deruchie

Series statement

Eastman studies in music, 100

Sub title

style, culture, and the symphonic tradition

Summary

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 political milieu of fin-de-siècle France. Drawing on contemporary criticism, music histories, composers' prose, and unpublished sketches, Deruchie's readings offer fresh insights on issues of musical form and technique, and also move beyond the notes to consider questions of meaning.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Camille Saint-Saëns, Third symphony -- César Franck, Symphony in D minor -- Édouard Lalo, Symphony in G minor -- Ernest Chausson, Symphony in B-flat major -- Vincent d'Indy, Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français -- Vincent d'Indy, Second symphony -- Paul Dukas, Symphony in C

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