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A Painter in Sound
出版Alfred A. Knopf, 2018
主題Biography & Autobiography / MusicMusic / Genres & Styles / ClassicalMusic / Individual Composer & Musician
ISBN15247319279781524731922
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=nxeBswEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Claude Debussy (1862-1918) was that rare creature, a composer who reinvented the language of music without alienating the majority of music lovers. The creator of such classics as La Mer and "Claire de lune," of Pelléas et Mélisande and magnificent, delicate piano works, he is the modernist everybody loves, the man who drove French music into entirely new regions of beauty and excitement at a time when old traditions -- and the overbearing influence of Wagner -- Threatened to stifle it. As a central figure at the birth of modernism, Debussy's influence on French culture was profound. Yet at the same time his own life was complicated and often troubled by struggles over money, women, and ill health. Now, one hundred years after his death, biographer Stephen Walsh turns his keen eye to both the composer and the unique moment in European history that bore him. Walsh's engagingly original approach is to enrich a lively account of this life with brilliant analyses of Debussy's music: from his first daring breaks with the rules as a Conservatoire student to his mature achievements as the greatest French composer of his time. The Washington Post called Stephen Walsh's Stravinsky "one of the best books ever written about a musician." Debussy is a worthy successor. -- Publisher's description