Kiyoshi Tamagawa

Echoes from the East

The Javanese Gamelan and its Influence on the Music of Claude Debussy

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Produktbeschreibung

Echoes from the East: The Javanese Gamelan and its Influence on the Music of Claude Debussy chronicles Debussy's encounter with the music of the gamelan, an ensemble of tuned percussion instruments, at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1889. This book explores the profound effect this event had on his work and style.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 447g
• ISBN-13: 9781498597142
• ISBN-10: 1498597149
• Artikelnr.: 57839359

Autorenporträt

Kiyoshi Tamagawa is professor of music at Southwestern University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One: Before Debussy: Musical exoticism in Eighteenth and
Nineteenth-Century Europe Chapter Two: Debussy, the Age of Empire, and
Cultural Appropriation Chapter Three: Early Musical Influences Chapter
Four: Debussy and the Gamelan Chapter Five: Gamelan Techniques and
Evocations in Works of the 1890s Chapter Six: Piano Works of 1903-1913 and
La mer Chapter Seven: Theater Pieces, 1911-1913 and Final Years, 1914-1917
Chapter Eight: Western Composers and the Gamelan since Debussy, I Chapter
Nine: Western Composers and the Gamelan since Debussy, II