The Operas of Maurice Ravel
The Operas of Maurice Ravel

Author: Emily Kilpatrick

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-10-29

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1316395707

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Maurice Ravel's operas L'Heure espagnole (1907/1911) and L'Enfant et les sortilèges (1919–25) are pivotal works in the composer's relatively small œuvre. Emerging from periods shaped by very distinct musical concerns and historical circumstances, these two vastly different works nevertheless share qualities that reveal the heart of Ravel's compositional aesthetic. In this comprehensive study, Emily Kilpatrick unites musical, literary, biographical and cultural perspectives to shed new light on Ravel's operas. In documenting the operas' history, setting them within the cultural canvas of their creation and pursuing diverse strands of analytical and thematic exploration, Kilpatrick reveals crucial aspects of the composer's working life: his approach to creative collaboration, his responsiveness to cultural, aesthetic and musical debate, and the centrality of language and literature in his compositional practice. The first study of its kind, this book is an invaluable resource for students, specialists, opera-goers and devotees of French music.

Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel

Author: Gerald Larner

Publisher: Phaidon

Published: 1996-09-25

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13:

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Much of the music of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) is among the most accessible of any written in the last hundred years; the man, however, was notoriously difficult to get to know. In Maurice Ravel, Gerald Larner aims to trace the development of the composer's personality not only through events in his life and in the society around him but also through his music, which is more revealing in this respect than is generally believed. This beautifully crafted book offers many fresh insights into the life and work of this enigmatic composer.

Ravel
Ravel

Author: Arbie Orenstein

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1991-01-01

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 9780486266336

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The standard Ravel biography by the world's foremost authority — brilliantly detailed and documented, filled with quotations from letters, interviews with the composer's friends, an illuminating analysis of each of his works, a study of his musical esthetics and language, a complete catalog of his works, and a discography. "Highly recommended" — Choice. Includes 48 illustrations.

The Cambridge Companion to Ravel
The Cambridge Companion to Ravel

Author: Deborah Mawer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2000-08-24

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780521648561

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

The Opera Lover's Companion
The Opera Lover's Companion

Author: Charles Osborne

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 639

ISBN-13: 0300130813

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This is a work on 175 operas by 63 different composers. The selected operas are those most frequently encountered in opera houses or on recordings. Each entry will set the opera within the context of its composer's career, outline the plot, discuss the music and give relevant background information on the provenance of the libretto, for example. Details of the first performance, and subsequent performance history will be given, as well as guidance on the relative quality of available recordings. The Yale Companion to Opera targets the regular opera-goer and the committed newcomer, rather than the academic specialist or the oneoff attender. It is not an encyclopaedia, covering every known opera, but only those with a realistic chance of public performance. It is equally concerned with the music, the plot, the libretto and the staging, and seeks to enhance the appreciation of the intelligent opera-goer.

Beyond Exoticism
Beyond Exoticism

Author: Timothy D. Taylor

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2007-03-05

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780822339687

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DIVStudy of how systems of power and domination have shaped representations of otherness in music./div

Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music
Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music

Author: Nicole V. Gagné

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2019-07-17

Total Pages: 545

ISBN-13: 1538122987

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The contemporary music scene thus embodies a uniquely broad spectrum of activity, which has grown and changed down to the present hour. With new talents emerging and different technologies developing as we move further into the 21st century, no one can predict what paths music will take next. All we can be certain of is that the inspiration and originality that make music live will continue to bring awe, delight, fascination, and beauty to the people who listen to it. This book cover modernist and postmodern concert music worldwide from the years 1888 to 2018. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on the most important composers, musicians, methods, styles, and media in modernist and postmodern classical music worldwide, from 1888 to 2018. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about modern and contemporary classical music.

The Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas
The Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas

Author: John W. Freeman

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 596

ISBN-13: 9780393018882

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Here at last is the definitive opera story collection, the only one now authorized by the Metropolitan Opera. Written by the associate editor of Opera News magazine, the volume includes the complete plots of 150 different operas, biographical information on all of the 72 composers represented, easy access to the stories through both a table of contents and an index, and a foreword by Peter Allen.

Ticket to the Opera
Ticket to the Opera

Author: Phil G. Goulding

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 2011-03-30

Total Pages: 721

ISBN-13: 0307761843

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In Ticket to the Opera, Phil G. Goulding finally makes the magic and mystique of opera accessible to all. Here he offers a complete operatic education, including history, definitions of key musical terms, opera lore and gossip, portraits of famous singers and the roles they immortalized, as well as pithy introductions to the greatest operas of Europe and America and their composers. The book's centerpiece is what Goulding terms "the collection"--85 classics, among them Aida, The Marriage of Figaro, Carmen, and Madama Butterfly, that have been packing the world's opera houses for years. This entertaining, meticulously researched book also includes a fascinating chapter on American opera from George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess to Philip Glass's Einstein on the Beach and a discussion of the gems of twentieth-century opera featuring works like Leos Janácek's The Cunning Little Vixen, Alban Berg's Lulu, and Serge Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges. Whether you're a curious neophyte, a music lover interested in branching out, or an aficionado eager to compare notes with a brilliant fellow opera buff, you'll prize Ticket to the Opera as an essential volume in your music library.

Opera and Society in Italy and France from Monteverdi to Bourdieu
Opera and Society in Italy and France from Monteverdi to Bourdieu

Author: Victoria Johnson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2007-05-03

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1139464051

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This edited volume brings together academic specialists writing on the multi-media operatic form from a range of disciplines: comparative literature, history, sociology, and philosophy. The presence in the volume's title of Pierre Bourdieu, the leading cultural sociologist of the late twentieth century, signals the editors' intention to synthesise advances in social science with advances in musicological and other scholarship on opera. Through a focus on opera in Italy and France, the contributors to the volume draw on their respective disciplines both to expand our knowledge of opera's history and to demonstrate the kinds of contributions that stand to be made by different disciplines to the study of opera. The volume is divided into three sections, each of which is preceded by a concise and informative introduction explaining how the chapters in that section contribute to our understanding of opera.