Man And Musician (Dover Books on Music: Composers) - Softcover

Orenstein, Arbie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486266338 ISBN 13: 9780486266336

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc., 2011

Synopsis

"Ravel: Man and Musician is the first book to set the composer's entire oeuvre in its proper perspective ... a staggeringly well documented opus ... it cannot be matched for the invaluable particulars it provides." -- Patrick J. Smith, Editor, High Fidelity/Musical America
The music of Maurice Ravel is performed more today than that of any other French composer. His musical achievements as well as his life and times are brilliantly recreated in this masterly biography, originally published during Ravel's centenary year of 1975. Written by Arbie Orenstein, widely considered the world's foremost Ravel scholar, this book remains the standard biography -- detailed, alert to the historical milieu and cultural background of Ravel's music, rich in quotations drawn from his letters and filled with information gathered in the author's many interviews with the composer's friends.
Mr. Orenstein provides an illuminating analysis of each of Ravel's works -- including several compositions, autographs, and sketches brought to light through the author's exhaustive research -- and a general discussion of Ravel's musical aesthetics and language. He includes as well 32 plates of illustrations and two invaluable appendixes: a complete catalogue of Ravel's works, and a discography of historical recordings made between 1912 and 1939.
"Highly recommended ... a worthy centenary tribute to both Ravel and his musical legacy." -- Choice
"If the concert-goer is looking for the one book on Ravel that would serve him best, this is probably it." -- Intermezzo

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Ravel's musical achievements as well as his life and times are brilliantly recreated in this masterly biography, originally published in 1975.The standard Ravel biography by the world's foremost authority - brilliantly detailed and documented, filled with quotations from letters, interviews with the composer's friends, an illuminating analysis of each of his works, a study of his musical esthetics and language, a complete catalog of his works, and a discography.Includes 48 illustrations.

Synopsis:

The standard Ravel biography by the world's foremost authority - brilliantly detailed and documented, filled with quotations from letters, interviews with the composer's friends, an illuminating analysis of each of his works, a study of his musical esthetics and language, a complete

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0486266338
• ISBN 13: 9780486266336
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32