Camille Saint-Saëns and His World
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-15555-5 (ISBN)
Camille Saint-Saens--perhaps the foremost French musical figure of the late nineteenth century and a composer who wrote in nearly every musical genre, from opera and the symphony to film music--is now being rediscovered after a century of modernism overshadowed his earlier importance. In a wide-ranging and trenchant series of essays, articles, and documents, Camille Saint-Saens and His World deconstructs the multiple realities behind the man and his music. Topics range from intimate glimpses of the private and playful Saint-Saens, to the composer's interest in astronomy and republican politics, his performances of Mozart and Rameau over eight decades, and his extensive travels around the world. This collection also analyzes the role he played in various musical societies and his complicated relationship with such composers as Liszt, Massenet, Wagner, and Ravel. Featuring the best contemporary scholarship on this crucial, formative period in French music, Camille Saint-Saens and His World restores the composer to his vital role as innovator and curator of Western music.
The contributors are Byron Adams, Leon Botstein, Jean-Christophe Branger, Michel Duchesneau, Katharine Ellis, Annegret Fauser, Yves Gerard, Dana Gooley, Carolyn Guzski, Carol Hess, D. Kern Holoman, Leo Houziaux, Florence Launay, Stephane Leteure, Martin Marks, Mitchell Morris, Jann Pasler, William Peterson, Michael Puri, Sabina Teller Ratner, Laure Schnapper, Marie-Gabrielle Soret, Michael Stegemann, and Michael Strasser.
Jann Pasler is professor of music at the University of California, San Diego. Her books include Writing through Music: Essays on Music, Culture, and Politics and Composing the Citizen: Music as Public Utility in Third Republic France.
Acknowledgments and Permissions viii Introduction: Deconstructing Saint-Saens xi PART I SAINT-SAENS THE PERSON Camille Saint-Saens in (Semi-)Private 2 MITCHELL MORRIS Saint-Saens, The Playful 8 PAUL VIARDOT Inspired by the Skies? Saint-Saens, Amateur Astronomer 12 LEO HOUZIAUX Changes on the Moon, Optical Illusions, The Stars 17 CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS Business and Politics, with Humor: Saint-Saens and Auguste Durand 26 JANN PASLER Rivals and Friends: Saint-Saens, Massenet, and Thais 33 JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BRANGER Massenet-Saint-Saens Correspondence 40 CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS, JULES AND LOUISE MASSENET Saint-Saens and Lecocq: An Unwavering Friendship 48 YVES GERARD PART II SAINT-SAENS THE MUSICIAN Saint-Saens and the Performer's Prestige 56 DANA GOOLEY Le Ma'itre and the "Strange Woman," Marie Jaell: Two Virtuoso-Composers in Resonance 85 FLORENCE LAUNAY AND JANN PASLER Saint-Saens's Improvisations on the Organ (1862) 102 WILLIAM PETERSON Providing Direction for French Music: Saint-Saens and the Societe Nationale 109 MICHAEL STRASSER Saint-Saens as President of the Societe des Compositeurs (1887-1891) 118 LAURE SCHNAPPER Saint-Saens at the Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris (1903-1904) 125 D. KERN HOLOMAN PART III SAINT-SAENS THE GLOBETROTTER Saint-Saens: The Traveling Musician 134 STEPHANE LETEURE Saint-Saens in Germany 142 MICHAEL STEGEMANN Saint-Saens in England: His Organ Symphony 161 SABINA TELLER RATNER Analytical and Historical Programme for His New Symphony in C Minor and Major 167 CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS Saint-Saens, "Algerian by Adoption" 173 JANN PASLER Friendship and Music in Indochina 184 JANN PASLER Saint-Saens in New York 191 CAROLYN GUZSKI Saint-Saens and Latin America 201 CAROL A. HESS PART IV SAINT-SAENS, AESTHETICS PAST AND PRESENT What's in a Song? Saint-Saens's Melodies 210 ANNEGRET FAUSER Saint-Saens and the Ancient World: From Africa to Greece 232 JANN PASLER Saint-Saens, Writer 260 MAIRE-GABRIELLE SORET Saint-Saens and Rameau's Keyboard Music 266 KATHARINE ELLIS Preface, Rameau's Pieces de Clavecin (Durand, 1895) 271 CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS Lyres and Citharas of Antiquity 275 MARIE-GABRIELLE SORET Ancient Lyres and Citharas 280 CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS Saint-Saens and d'Indy in Dialogue 287 JANN PASLER PART V SAINT-SAENS IN THE 20TH CENTURY Saint-Saens's Advocacy of Music Education in Elementary School 304 JANN PASLER Report of M. Saint-Saens 309 CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS Saint-Saens and the Future of Music 312 BYRON ADAMS AND JANN PASLER Musical Evolution 318 CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS The Fox in the Henhouse, or Saint-Saens at the SMI 324 MICHEL DUCHESNEAU Saint-Saens, Ravel, and Their Piano Concertos: Sounding Out a Legacy 334 MICHAEL J. PURI Saint-Saens and Silent Film / Sound Film and Saint-Saens 357 MARTIN MARKS Beyond the Conceits of the Avant-Garde: Saint-Saens, Romain Rolland, and the Musical Culture of the Nineteenth Century 370 LEON BOTSTEIN Index 405 Notes on the Contributors 419
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.8.2012 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | The Bard Music Festival |
| Zusatzinfo | 25 halftones. 3 tables. 15 musical examples. |
| Verlagsort | New Jersey |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 482 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical |
| ISBN-10 | 0-691-15555-0 / 0691155550 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-15555-5 / 9780691155555 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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