Paul Dukas: Composer and Critic

Laura Watson

Published by Boydell and Brewer 2019

Paul Dukas

Composer and Critic

Laura Watson

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781787445109

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About this book

As a noted composer and critic, Paul Dukas was a major figure in fin-de-siècle and early twentieth-century French music. Best known for L'Apprenti sorcier, he was internationally recognised as an artist and intellectual ofdistinction who contributed significantly to Parisian musical cultures and critical debates.

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Watson Laura :

Dr Laura Watson is Associate Professor of Music at Maynooth University. She is the author of Paul Dukas: Composer and Critic (2019), co-editor of Paul Dukas: Legacies of a French Musician (Abingdon: 2019), and one of the founding members of the Sounding the Feminists Working Group.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Tables and Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
List of Musical Examples Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Note on the Text Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 An Intellectual and Aesthetic Formation: From Student Composer to Music Critic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2 Symphony in C and Discourses of the French Symphony Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
3 L’Apprenti sorcier and Theorising a Theatre of Programme Music Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
4 Piano Works in Dialogue with Tradition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
5 Ariane et Barbe-Bleue and Conceptualising Opera after Wagner and Debussy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
6 Dance between the Symphonic Poem and Stage: Responding to Russian Influence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
7 After the First World War: Creative Renewal and Return to Music Criticism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Afterword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277

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Language: English
Publisher: Boydell and Brewer
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 305
Illustrations
- Other: 6 b/w, 31 line illus.
Keywords: Paul Dukas; composer; critic; French music; L'Apprenti sorcier; Parisian musical culture; artistic agenda; early twentieth century; fin-de-siècle; intellectual

eBook

Published: April 19, 2019
ISBN: 9781787445109