Irony and Sound - The Music of Maurice Ravel

An insightful and exquisitely written reconsideration of Ravel's modernity, his teaching, and his place in twentieth-century music and culture.

List of contents

Introduction
"Gentle Irony"
Simple Sound: Ravel and "Crescendo"
Opposed Sound: Ravel and Counterpoint
Displaced Sound: Ravel and Registration
Plundered Sound: Ravel and the Exotic
Sound and Sense: Ravel and Synaesthesia
"Secrets of Modernity": Irony and Style
Appendix: Ravel's 1902 Prix de Rome Fugue
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Summary

An insightful and exquisitely written reconsideration of Ravel's modernity, his teaching, and his place in twentieth-century music and culture.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Zank, Stephen (Royalty Account) Zank
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2009
• EAN: 9781580461894
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-189-4
• No. of pages: 449
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 236 mm x 38 mm
• Weight: 885 g
• Series: Eastman Studies in Music; Eastman Studies in Music
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries