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Details of consequence : ornament, music, and art in Paris / Gurminder Kaur Bhogal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bhogal, Gurminder Kaur.
- Series:
- AMS studies in music.
- AMS studies in music
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art and music.
- Music--France--20th century--History and criticism.
- Music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (pages cm.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Ornament and expression in music and the visual arts
- Ornament and the arabesque : from line to melody
- Ornament and virtuosity in French piano music
- Ornament and neo-primitivism in Le sacre du printemps
- Ornament and disenchantment around the First World War.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-979510-X
- OCLC:
- 867631144
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