256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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Henri Dutilleux (born 1916) is one of France’s leading composers, though until recently his music received more attention in the United States than in Europe. A fiercely independent composer who pursues his own musical path regardless of fashion, he has never courted the public eye, yet in this book he is revealed as a composer very much engaged with the work of other artists from all spheres.... Read more
Contents: Preface and Acknowledgements; The Life of Henri Dutilleux; Dutilleux's Early Works; The Influence of Literature on Dutilleux's Music: Proust and the Concept of Memory - Dutilleux and Baudelaire: Memory, Duality and Escapism; Referential Devices and Tonal Backgrounds; Dutilleux and the Visual Arts; Dutilleux's Compositional Process; Dutilleux and the Contemporary Musical World; Appendix: Chronological Catalogue of Dutilleux's Compositions; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Caroline Potter
’...a well-researched exposition of the facts of [Dutilleux’s] musical creativity... The Dutilleux conversations represent an invaluable source yet to be properly mined and should be considered essential reading for all scholars of French and twentieth-century music.’ Notes
