Claude Debussy: A Critical Biography
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A critical biography of Claude Debussy by François Lesure is widely recognized as the most comprehensive and reliable account of his life and career. The English translation and revised edition, by Marie Rolf, provides more precise information on crucial and contentious points and reflects Debussy scholarship since 2003.
Format: Hardback
Length: 544 pages
Publication date: 28 June 2019
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
François Lesure's critical biography of Claude Debussy, published by Fayard in 2003, is widely regarded as the most comprehensive and reliable account of the composer's life and career, as well as the artistic milieu in which he worked. This encyclopedic volume draws extensively on Debussy's complete correspondence, a meticulous tracking of contemporary reviews and comments in the press, and an examination of other primary documents, including private diaries, that had not been available to previous biographers. As such, Lesure's book presents a wealth of new information while debunking a number of myths that had developed over the years since the composer's death in 1918.
The present English translation and revised edition, by Debussy authority Marie Rolf, augments Lesure's numerous notes with several thousand new ones by Rolf, providing more precise information on crucial and sometimes contentious points. It also reflects Debussy scholarship that has appeared since 2003, updating Lesure's seminal work. Rolf's translation, the first ever, will make Lesure's findings accessible to scholars, musicians, and music lovers in English-speaking lands and around the world.
François Lesure (1923-2001) was the Director of the Music division of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Professor of Musicology at the Université libre de Bruxelles, and Chair of Musicology at the École pratique des Hautes Études. Marie Rolf is senior associate dean of graduate studies and professor of music theory at the Eastman School of Music and a member of the editorial board for the Ouvres complètes de Claude Debussy.
Weight: 1082g
Dimension: 163 x 236 x 43 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781580469036
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