Introduction
1. Enigmas
2. A Bergson Perspective for the Analysis of Debussy’s Music
3. Debussy and Bergson in Paris: Perspectives on Spiritualism, Materialism,
Science, and Nature
4. Bergson, Proust, and Debussy: Correspondences and Distinctions
5. La Durée: Intuition, Nature, and Fluidity
6. ‘The Perception of Change’: An Indivisible Reality
7. Ondine: The Apparent Paradox of Changeability and Indivisibility
8. Evoking Ancient Memories
9. Humor and the Living
10. Debussy’s Egypt: Stasis and Mobility in Canope
11. Debussy’s Music, Bergson’s La Durée: The Act of Creation in Painting
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Charles Frederick Frantz is a guitarist, pianist, and educator. He has over 30 years of teaching experience in music history, theory, piano, and guitar along with a breadth of performance experience that includes concerts at Carnegie Hall and the Philadelphia Academy of Music. He leads the New Jersey Jazz Quartet on guitar and regularly performs as a soloist in piano concerts.
