Colin Roust

Georges Auric

A Life in Music and Politics

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Produktbeschreibung

The first English-language biography of this major French film composer, George Auric: A Life in Music and Politics examines not only the impact of Auric's leftist politics on his work, but also the myriad roles he held outside of film composition - including but not limited to music critic, opera director, and arts administrator.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 163mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780190607777
• ISBN-10: 0190607777
• Artikelnr.: 58304653

Autorenporträt

Dr. Colin Roust is Assistant Professor of Musicology at the University of Kansas. His research interests include twentieth-century music, film music, music history pedagogy, music and politics, and the intersection of music and the other arts in multimedia genres. He is also a co-editor of The Routledge Film Music Sourcebook and co-translator of William Ritter: Studies of Foreign Art.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Childhood in Lodève and Montpellier
Chapter 2: Parisian Debuts and World War I
Chapter 3: Post-War and Post-Apollinaire
Chapter 4: Boeuf sur le Toit and the Ballets Russes
Chapter 5: Withdrawing from the Parisian Music Scene
Chapter 6: The Popular Front Years and the Great Depression
Chapter 7: New Beginnings in the Post-War Years
Chapter 8: Personifying the Musical Establishment
Chapter 9: Retirement
Appendices
Appendix 1: Map of Auric's Midi
Appendix 2: Georges Auric's Family Tree
Appendix 3: Map of Auric's Montpellier
Appendix 4: Map of Auric's Paris
Bibliography