New,Debussy in Context

Contents

• Part I . Paris: City, Politics, and Society:
• 1. Paris, the city Martin Guerpin;
• 2. Paris and the nation's politics Federico Lazzaro;
• 3. Beyond Paris Lola San Martín Arbide;
• 4. Feminine beginnings: women's critical perspectives on Debussy (1897–1914) Christopher Moore;
• 5. Consumption and leisure H. Hazel Hahn;
• Part II . The Arts:
• 6. Debussy's impressionism interrogated Richard Langham Smith;
• 7. Symbolism François de Médicis;
• 8. Modernism Michel Duchesneau;
• 9. Wagnérisme Steven Huebner;
• 10. Japonisme, collecting, and the expositions universelles Matthew Brown;
• 11. Crosscurrents in Debussy's creative world Annegret Fauser;
• Part III . People and Milieu:
• 12. Debussy and the family in third republic France Kym White;
• 13. Romantic relationships Marianne Wheeldon;
• 14. Relationships with poets and other literary figures Caroline Potter;
• 15. Publishers Denis Herlin;
• 16. Composers with whom Debussy was associated Laura Watson;
• 17. Music education and the prix de Rome Julia Lu and Kenji Fujimura;
• Part IV . Musical Life: Infrastructure And Earning a Living:
• 18. The jobbing composer-musician Denis Herlin;
• 19. Parisian opera institutions: a framework for creation Hervé Lacombe;
• 20. Société nationale and other institutions Michael Strasser;
• 21. Debussy Noctambule and Parisian popular culture Sarah Gutsche-Miller;
• 22. Music criticism and related writing in Paris Michel Duchesneau;
• Part V . The Music of Debussy's Time
• 23. Composing for opera and theatre outside established genres Hervé Lacombe;
• 24. Ballet and dance David J. Code;
• 25. Orchestral music and symphonic traditions Andrew Deruchie;
• 26. Chamber music Matthew Brown;
• 27. Song and choral music David J. Code;
• 28. The piano Gurminder Kaur Bhogal;
• Part VI . Performers, Reception, and Posterity:
• 29. Performers and performance Simon Trezise;
• 30. Early music Catrina Flint de Médicis;
• 31. Performance today: hearing Debussy anew on period instruments Brian Hart;
• 32. Debussy today Matthew Brown; Further Reading; Index.