Debussy''s Paris - Piano Portraits of the Belle Epoque

Debussy's Paris takes readers on a tour of Belle Époque Paris through detailed descriptions of the city's delights and the exquisite piano music Debussy wrote to accompany them. Kautsky reveals little known aspects of Parisian life and weaves the music, the man, the city, and the era into an indissoluble whole.

List of contents

Ch. 1: Pierrot Conquers Paris
Ch. 2. Poets, Clowns, and Circus Daredevils
Ch. 3. Dance Steps out of Line
Ch. 4. The Cakewalk Wars
Ch. 5. A Taste for the Orient
Ch. 6. Asia on a Pedestal
Ch. 7 Child's Play and Make Believe
Ch. 8. Fairies and Fairy Tales
Ch. 9. Crossovers on Land and at Sea
Ch. 10. The Floating World
Ch. 11. Fair-haired Maidens
Ch. 12. Edgar Allan Poe's "Imp of the Perverse"
Ch. 13 The Sounds of Nationalism

Afterword: In Conversation with Baudelaire and Proust

About the author

Catherine Kautsky is chair of keyboard at Lawrence University and has been lauded by the New York Times as "a pianist who can play Mozart and Schubert as though their sentiments and habits of speech coincided exactly with hers." Visit https://www.debussysparis.com/ to enjoy Kautsky's performance of many of Debussy's works, as well as additional artworks, poems, and primary source materials from this book.

Summary

Debussy’s Paris takes readers on a tour of Belle Époque Paris through detailed descriptions of the city’s delights and the exquisite piano music Debussy wrote to accompany them. Kautsky reveals little known aspects of Parisian life and weaves the music, the man, the city, and the era into an indissoluble whole.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Kautsky
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781538137154
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-3715-4
• No. of pages: 254
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous; Europäische Geschichte, Musiker, Sänger, Bands und Gruppen, 1500 bis heute, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Komponisten und Songwriter, European History, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, HISTORY / Europe / France, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, Biography: arts & entertainment, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment