1st Edition
The Paris Conservatoire Woodwind Solos de Concours of Eugène Bozza Vernacular Exoticism
Introduction: The Pragmatic Utility of Exoticism Chapter 1: Lacunae Chapter 2: Souvenirs Chapter 3: Buffets Chapter 4: Tools Chapter 5: Études Chapter 6: Tableaux Conclusion Appendix A: Bozza’s Works Appendix B: Bozza’s Solos de Concours
Biography
Lacey Golaszewski teaches music history, French, and education at the State University of New York at Fredonia. Her research interests include music and philosophy, aesthetics, critical theory, nineteenth and early twentieth century French art music, woodwind chamber music, and the effects of woodwind performance on personal health. Outside of academia, Dr. Golaszewski performs as a clarinettist and saxophonist, and she maintains a private woodwind studio. She is also active as a composer, arranger, artist, clinician, reviewer, translator, and annotator.
Golaszewski presents the first book dedicated to Eugène Bozza’s Solos de Concours for woodwind instruments, offering twentieth-century French music enthusiasts fresh insight into his work. She highlights Bozza’s “graceful melodies, technical challenges, [and] exotic-sounding sonorities,” and shows that music composed for practical purposes can also achieve lasting aesthetic value.
Lois Kuyper-Rushing, MLIS, DMA, author of A Thematic Index of Works by Eugène Bozza.
