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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
September 2011
Print publication year:
2000
Online ISBN:
9781139002264

Book description

This Companion provides a comprehensive introduction to the life, music and compositional aesthetic of French composer Maurice Ravel (1875–1937). Leading international scholars offer a powerful reassessment of this most private and elusive musician, examining his work in detail within its cultural context. Supported by many music examples, the volume explores the full range of Ravel's work - piano repertory, chamber works, orchestral music, ballets, songs and operas - and makes illuminating comparisons with the music of Couperin, Gounod, Chabrier and Debussy. The essays present the latest research focusing on topics such as Ravel's exoticism and Spanishness and conclude by analysing the performance and reception of his music, including previously untranslated reviews. Marking the 125th anniversary of Ravel's birth, the Companion as a whole aims to secure a solid foundation for Ravel studies in the twenty-first century and will appeal to all enthusiasts and students of his music.

Reviews

‘… this is a welcome, timely and very carefully edited book. It includes a high proportion of successful essays …’.

Nigel Simeone Source: The Musical Times

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Contents

  • Frontmatter
    pp i-xvi
  • Introduction
    pp 1-4
  • Part I - Culture and aesthetic
  • 1 - History and homage
    pp 5-26
  • 2 - Evocations of exoticism
    pp 27-46
  • 3 - Musical objects and machines
    pp 47-68
  • Part II - Musical explorations
  • 4 - Ravel and the piano
    pp 69-96
  • 5 - Harmony in the chamber music
    pp 97-117
  • 6 - Ravel and the orchestra
    pp 118-139
  • 7 - Ballet and the apotheosis of the dance
    pp 140-161
  • 8 - Vocal music and the lures of exoticism and irony
    pp 162-187
  • 9 - Ravel's operatic spectacles: L'Heure and L'Enfant
    pp 188-210
  • Part III - Performance and reception
  • 10 - Performing Ravel: style and practice in the early recordings
    pp 211-239
  • 11 - Ravel and the twentieth century
    pp 240-250
  • Appendix: Early reception of Ravel's music (1899–1939)
    pp 251-266
  • Notes
    pp 267-282
  • Select bibliography
    pp 283-286
  • Index of names and works
    pp 287-294

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