Deborah Mawer (ed.)

The Cambridge Companion to Ravel

Herausgeber: Cross, Jonathan; Mawer, Deborah; Deborah, Mawer

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive introduction to the life, music and compositional aesthetic of Maurice Ravel.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 542g
• ISBN-13: 9780521648561
• ISBN-10: 0521648564
• Artikelnr.: 21041989

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Chronology of Ravel's life and career
Note on the text
Introduction Deborah Mawer
Part I. Cultural and Aesthetic: 1. History and homage Barbara L. Kelly
2. Evocations of exoticism Robert Orledge
3. Musical objects and machines Deborah Mawer
Part II. Musical Explorations: 4. Ravel and the piano Roy Howat
5. Harmony in the chamber music Mark DeVoto
6. Ravel and the orchestra Michael Russ
7. Ballet and the apotheosis of the dance Deborah Mawer
8. Vocal music and the lures of exoticism and irony Peter Kaminsky
9. Ravel's operatic spectacles: L'Heure and L'Enfant Richard Langham Smith
Part III. Performance and Reception: 10. Performing Ravel: style and practice in early recordings Ronald Woodley
11. Ravel and the twentieth century Roger Nichols
Appendix: Early reception of Ravel's music (1899-1939) Roger Nichols and Deborah Mawer
Notes
Select bibliography
Index of names and works.