Debussy's Paris - Catherine Kautsky

Debussy's Paris

Piano Portraits of the Belle Époque
Buch | Hardcover
254 Seiten
2017
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-6982-8 (ISBN)
46,10 inkl. MwSt
Debussy’s Paris takes readers on a tour of Belle Époque Paris through detailed descriptions of the city’s delights and the exquisite piano music Debussy wrote to accompany them. Kautsky reveals little known aspects of Parisian life and weaves the music, the man, the city, and the era into an indissoluble whole.
Claude Debussy’s exquisite piano works have captivated generations with their dreamlike atmosphere and mysterious soundscapes.Written in Paris at the height of the Belle Époque, the music creates a soundtrack for Parisians’ enjoyment of such delights as clowns, mermaids, eccentric dances, and the dark tales of Edgar Allan Poe. Debussy’s Paris: Piano Portraits of the Belle Époque explores how key works reflect not only the most appealing and innocent aspects of Paris but also more disquieting attitudes of the time such as racism, colonial domination, and nationalistic hostility. Debussy left no avenue unexplored, and his piano works present a sweeping overview of the passions, vices, and obsessions of the era.

Pianist Catherine Kautsky reveals little-known elements of Parisian culture and weaves the music, the man, the city, and the era into an indissoluble whole. Her portrait will delight anyone who has ever been entranced by Debussy’s music or the city that inspired it.

Catherine Kautsky is chair of keyboard at Lawrence University and has been lauded by the New York Times as “a pianist who can play Mozart and Schubert as though their sentiments and habits of speech coincided exactly with hers.” Visit https://www.debussysparis.com/ to enjoy Kautsky’s performance of many of Debussy’s works, as well as additional artworks, poems, and primary source materials from this book.

Ch. 1: Pierrot Conquers Paris

Ch. 2. Poets, Clowns, and Circus Daredevils

Ch. 3. Dance Steps out of Line

Ch. 4. The Cakewalk Wars

Ch. 5. A Taste for the Orient

Ch. 6. Asia on a Pedestal

Ch. 7 Child’s Play and Make Believe

Ch. 8. Fairies and Fairy Tales

Ch. 9. Crossovers on Land and at Sea

Ch. 10. The Floating World

Ch. 11. Fair-haired Maidens

Ch. 12. Edgar Allan Poe’s “Imp of the Perverse”

Ch. 13 The Sounds of Nationalism

Afterword: In Conversation with Baudelaire and Proust

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Lanham, MD
Sprache englisch
Maße 158 x 236 mm
Gewicht 535 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10 1-4422-6982-0 / 1442269820
ISBN-13 978-1-4422-6982-8 / 9781442269828
Zustand Neuware
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