Three classics in the aesthetic of music: Monsieur Croche the dilettante hater

by Claude Debussy

Paper Book, 1962

Status

Available

Call number

780.1 D354t

DDC/MDS

780.1 D354t

Publication

New York, Dover Publications [1962]

Description

Excerpt from Three Classics in the Aesthetic of Music: Monsieur Croche the Dilettante Hater; Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music; Essays Before a Sonata At this precise moment my door-bell rang and I made the acquaintance of Monsieur Croche. It is unnecessary to check the flow of this narrative with the Obvious or trifling incidents Of his first visit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.… (more)

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LibraryThing member jwhenderson
Busoni is one of my favorite composers. He possessed a complex style that combined the height of the Romantic era with a Modernism based on new ideas. In compositions like his operas (Doktor Faust, Turandot, and Arlecchino) he was on the leading edge of the twentieth century. Yet, he looked
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backward to Bach with a stylistic approach steeped in the soul of Liszt. Born in Italy but German in his approach to music he was also a theorist of Music and this volume is his exploration of absolute music and the nature of modern tonal music.
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Language

Original publication date

1911 (Busoni)
1920 (Ives)
1928 (Debussy)

Physical description

iv, 188 p.; 22 cm

Local notes

Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music by Ferruccio Busoni; Essays before a Sonata by Charles E. Ives.

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