French music and jazz in conversation : from Debussy to Brubeck / Deborah Mawer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mawer, Deborah, 1961- author.

Contributor:

ebrary, Inc.

Joseph B. Glossberg Fund.

Series:

Music since 1900

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--France--20th century--History and criticism.

Music.

France.

Jazz--History and criticism.

Jazz.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 304 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction

French music and jazz: cultural exchange; Part I. Locations and Relations: 1. A historical-cultural overview; 2. Critical-analytical perspectives: intertextuality and borrowing; Part II. The Impact of Early Jazz upon French Music (1900-1935): 3. Debussy and Satie: early French explorations of cakewalk and ragtime; 4. Milhaud's understanding of jazz and blues: La Creation du monde; 5. Crossing borders: Ravel's theory and practice of jazz; Part III. The Impact of French Music upon Jazz (1925-1965): 6. Hylton's interwar 'jazzed' arrangements of French classics; 7. (Re)moving boundaries? Russell's Lydian jazz theory and its rethinking of Debussy and Ravel; 8. Bill Evans's modal jazz and French music reconfigured; 9. Milhaud and Brubeck: French classical teacher and American jazz student.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Joseph B. Glossberg Fund.

ISBN:

1316205738

9781316205730

Publisher Number:

99962187519

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.