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Music and Ultra-Modernism in France examines the priorities of three generational groupings: the pre-war Société Musicale Indépendente of Ravel and his circle, Les Six in the 1920s and Jeune France in 1936. Exploring the ideas of consensus, resistance and rupture, the book contributes an important and nuanced reflection to the current debate on modernism in music. It considers the roles composers, critics and biographers played in shaping debates about contemporary music, showing how composers including Ravel, Poulenc, Milhaud, Jolivet and Messiaen and critics such as Paul Landormy, André Coeuroy and Roland-Manuel often worked in partnership to bring their ideas to a public forum. It also expands the notion of 'interwar' through the essential inclusion of World War I and the years before, reconfiguring the narrative for that period. This book challenges some of the stereotypes that characterise the period, in particular, neo-classicism and the dominance of secularism. It shows how Stravinsky worked closely with Ravel, Satie and Poulenc and invited audiences and critics to rethink what it meant to be modern. The interwar years were also marked by commemoration and loss. Debussy's wartime death in 1918 stimulated competing efforts (by Emile Vuillermoz, Léon Vallas and Henry Prunières) to shape his legacy. They were motivated by nostalgia for a lost and glorious generation and a commitment to building a legacy of French achievement. Music and Ultra-Modernism in France argues for the vitality of French music in the period 1913-39 and challenges the received view that the period and its musical culture lacked dynamism, innovation or serious musical debate. BARBARA L. KELLY is Professor of Music at Keele University.
Content:
Introduction: consensus, resistance and new music in France -- Remembering Debussy: nostalgia and modernism in interwar France -- Musical allegiances and factions: Ravel, Satie and the question of leadership -- Polemics and publicity: composer-critic partnerships -- Musical continuities: sonority, exoticism and abstraction -- In search of the Musical esprit du temps -- Surface division, deep consensus: classicism and secularism and their challenges -- Conclusions: music for the Patrimoine -- remembering interwar music in France
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781843838104
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781843838104
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Erscheint auch als Kelly, Barbara Music and ultra-modernism in France Woodbridge : Boydell Press, 2013 ISBN 1843838109
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781843838104
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9781843838104
Language:
English
Subjects:
Musicology
Keywords:
Société Musicale Indépendante
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Groupe des Six
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La Jeune France
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Frankreich
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Musik
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Geschichte 1913-1939
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