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Claude Debussy's Clair de Lune

The Oxford Keynotes Series

By (author) Gurminder Kaur Bhogal
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York, United States
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Published: 16th Aug 2018
Dimensions: w 148mm h 215mm d 16mm
Weight: 314g
ISBN-10: 0190696060
ISBN-13: 9780190696061
Barcode No: 9780190696061
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Synopsis
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.

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