French Music and Jazz in Conversation: From Debussy to Brubeck (Music since 1900) - Hardcover

Mawer, Deborah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107037530 ISBN 13: 9781107037533

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

This book explores the historical-cultural interactions between French concert music and American jazz across 1900-65, from both perspectives.

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Review:

'This is the book for which jazz scholarship has long been waiting: at last, the hugely significant interactions between jazz and modern concert music have been unravelled with the insight, technical understanding and contextual awareness they deserve. Professor Mawer delves deeply into this two-way process in a series of fascinating case studies which celebrate some of the most exciting and far-reaching musical cross-fertilizations of the twentieth century.' Mervyn Cooke, Professor of Music, University of Nottingham

'At once an important survey of French music and jazz history, Mawer's book also brilliantly draws attention to the compelling cross-references and interactions between these worlds. The theoretical sophistication of the academy seamlessly merges with the dynamism of a jazz club, and the resulting mix has the intellectual and musical power of both.' Michael Beckerman, Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of Music, New York University

Book Description:

This book explores the rich historical-cultural interactions between French concert music and American jazz in the first half of the twentieth century (1900–65), from both perspectives. Deborah Mawer provides a set of detailed musical case studies on Debussy, Satie, Milhaud, Ravel, Jack Hylton, George Russell, Bill Evans and Dave Brubeck.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1107037530
• ISBN 13: 9781107037533
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 322