EXPLORING THE IDEAS OF CONSENSUS, RESISTANCE AND RUPTURE, THIS BOOK
CONTRIBUTES AN IMPORTANT AND NUANCED REFLECTION TO THE CURRENT DEBATE
ON MODERNISM IN MUSIC.
_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 publicforum. 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 characterisethe
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 interwaryears 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 lostand 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.
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ISBN
9781782041689
Publisert
2020
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Boydell Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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