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Zusatztext This complex and articulated book, which touches on many disciplines and standpoints, is fascinating, indeed. Its interdisciplinary approach to almost all aspects of the culture and society within the examined period offers an important facet of fin-de-siecle French music. Informationen zum Autor Gurminder Kaur Bhogal is a musicologist who trained as a pianist at the Royal College of Music, and as a music historian at King's College London, before completing a doctoral degree in music history and theory at the University of Chicago. She is currently Assistant Professor in Music at Wellesley College, and has published widely on the music of Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, and Léo Delibes. Klappentext Details of Consequence examines a trait that is rarely questioned in fin-de-siècle French music: ornamental extravagance. In re-evaluating the status of ornament for French culture, this book investigates how musical and visual expressions of decorative detail shaped widespread discussions on identity, style, and aesthetics. Zusammenfassung Details of Consequence examines a trait that is rarely questioned in fin-de-siècle French music: ornamental extravagance. In re-evaluating the status of ornament for French culture, this book investigates how musical and visual expressions of decorative detail shaped widespread discussions on identity, style, and aesthetics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1 - Ornament and Expression in Music and the Visual Arts Chapter 2 - Ornament and the Arabesque: From Line to Melody Chapter 3 - Ornament and Virtuosity in French Piano Music Chapter 4 - Ornament and Antiquity from Debussy's Arabesque to Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé Chapter 5 - Ornament and Neo-Primitivism in Le Sacre du Printemps Chapter 6 - Ornament and Disenchantment around the First World War Bibliography Index
