pt. 1. The evolution. Introduction: constructions and reconstructions of Debussy / Jane F. Fulcher ; Debussy's Rome cantatas / John R. Clevenger ; Debussy, Gautier, and "Les papillons" / Marie Rolf ; Bilitis and Tanagra: afternoons with nude women / David Grayson ; Beyond the illusions of realism: painting and Debussy's break with tradition / Leon Botstein ; The symphony in Debussy's world: a context for his views on the genre and early interpretations of La mer / Brian Hart ; Speaking the truth to power: the dialogic element in Debussy's wartime compositions / Jane F. Fulcher -- pt. 2. The context. Debussy, Fauré, and d'Indy and conceptions of the artist: the institutions, the dialogues, the conflicts / Gail Hilson Woldu ; Debussy, Mallarmé, and "Les mardis" / Rosemary Lloyd ; Debussy in fin-de-siècle Paris / Christophe Charle -- pt. 3. Documents. Debussy's Paris Conservatoire training / collected, edited, and introduced by John R. Clevenger ; "Le cas Debussy": revisions and polemics about the composer's "new manner" / collected and translated by Brian Hart.
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Claude Debussy's Paris was factionalised, politicised, and litigious. This text aims to capture the complexity of the composer's restless personal and artistic identity within the context of fin-de-siècle Paris.
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Debussy, Claude,1862-1918-- Criticism and interpretation.
Debussy, Claude,1862-1918-- Critique et interprétation.