Debussy's 'Ibéria'

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

Del i serien Studies in Musical Genesis, Structure & Interpretation

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Beskrivning

For well over a century musicologists have been fascinated by composers' manuscripts and by the insights they might reveal about the nature of musical composition. This book suggests ways in which Debussy's sketches and drafts may be used to explain how he composed one of his last great symphonic scores: Ibéria (from Images for orchestra, 1903-10). Part 1 shows how we might understand the process of musical composition as a form of expert problem solving; it describes the compositional history of the work, the various intentional goals and historical constraints that guided Debussy's thinking, and some of the technical problems Debussy faced while composing this remarkable score. Part 2 reconstructs the genesis of each of the three movements in turn.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-10-02
Mått:156 x 237 x 10 mm
Vikt:426 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies in Musical Genesis, Structure & Interpretation
Antal sidor:194
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780198161998

Utforska kategorier

Klassisk musik, konstmusik och orkestermusik inom Kultur
Musikvetenskap inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Born in London, Matthew Brown studied at the Royal College of Music Preparatory Division and later at King's College London. He pursued a Ph.D. in musicology at Cornell University. From 1983-1986 he was a junior fellow at Harvard University. Since then, he has taught musicology at the Eastman School of Music and theory at Louisiana State University. He has served on the council of the American Musicological Society and the executive board of the Society for Music Theory. He is currently Associate Professor of Music Theory at the Eastman School of Music.

Recensioner i media

Brown's insights into Iberia prove highly illuminating; his book is lucidly written and extremely generous with examples and documentation. It helps to have a score at hand , but even the most involved parts of the analysis flow easily, and one need not be either a specialist in Schenker or sketch studies to follow it.

Innehållsförteckning

EDITOR'S PREFACE; PREFACE; MUSICAL COMPOSITION AND PROBLEM SOLVING; 1. COMPOSITION HISTORY AND MUSICAL SOURCES; 4. 'PAR LES RUES E LES CHEMINS'; SKETCH STUDIES AND MUSICAL ANALYSIS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX