| Claude Debussy's Clair de Lune Contributor(s): Bhogal, Gurminder Kaur (Author) |
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ISBN: 0190696079 ISBN-13: 9780190696078 Publisher: Oxford Univ PR OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Individual Composer & Musician - Music | Musical Instruments - Piano & Keyboard - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: 786.218 |
| LCCN: 2017053469 |
| Series: Oxford Keynotes |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.6" W x 8.2" (0.4 lbs) 168 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Debussy himself had little regard for Clair de Lune, and scholars have thus far followed suit--until now. Claude Debussy's Clair de Lune is the first book wholly dedicated to an historical, cultural, and analytical investigation of the French composer's famous composition for piano. Author Gurminder Kaur Bhogal explores why, over any other piece in Debussy's repertoire for piano, Clair de Lune achieved stardom in the decades following the composer's death, and how, as the third movement of the Suite Bergamasque, it managed to almost fully eclipse the other movements. Drawing on a broad range of excerpts from classical and popular music, commercials, film, and video games, Bhogal examines the various ways in which listeners have engaged with the piece. She also places it in its proper artistic context, through analysis alongside the poetry of Paul Verlaine and the paintings of Jean-Antoine Watteau. A wide range of aural, visual, and video examples energize the narrative, and demonstrate how Clair de Lune has come to achieve an iconic status within and beyond Debussy's oeuvre. |
