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Parisian intersections : Baudelaire's legacy to composers / Helen Abbott.
Van Pelt Library PQ2191.Z5 A528 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abbott, Helen, 1979-
- Series:
- Romantisme et après en France
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867--Criticism and interpretation.
- Baudelaire, Charles.
- Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867.
- Music and literature--France--History--19th century.
- Music and literature.
- French poetry--19th century--History and criticism.
- French poetry.
- Composers--France--19th century.
- Composers.
- History.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Paris (France)--Intellectual life--19th century.
- Paris (France).
- France.
- Physical Description:
- 215 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2012]
- Summary:
- The period from the 1850s to the 1890s in Paris marked a key turning point for poets and composers, as they grappled with the new ways in which poetry and music could intersect. Under the particular conditions of the time and place, both art forms underwent significant developments which challenged the status of each form. In both creative and critical work from this era, poets and composers offered tantalising but problematic insights into 'musical' poetry and 'poetic' music.
- The central issue examined in this book is that of what happens to poetry when it encounters music, especially as song. The author places Baudelaire's famous sonnet 'La Mort des amants' at the heart of the analysis, tracing its transposition into song by a succession of both amateur and professional composers, examining works by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Serpette, Rollinat, Debussy and Charpentier, as well as an extraordinary parodic song version by Valade and Verlaine.
- A companion website offers recordings of each of the songs analysed in this book. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Parisian intersections
- Liebestod
- Musical theories
- Song
- Parody
- Legacy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Classes of 1883 and 1884 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 3034308051
- 9783034308052
- OCLC:
- 785786657
- Publisher Number:
- 99949622328
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