Gabriel Faure: A Musical Life: A Musical Life - Softcover

Nectoux, Jean-Michel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521616956 ISBN 13: 9780521616959

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Jean-Michel Nectoux's important biography of Gabriel Fauré is the most comprehensive study yet of this central figure of fin de siecle France. It traces the composer's life and the rich cultural milieu in which he lived and worked: the world also of Saint-Saens, Flaubert, Verlaine, Ravel, Debussy and Proust. A large part of the book considers Fauré's music, with particular emphasis on his adjustment to the musical language of the twentieth century and the formation of his late style. Works in all genres are discussed in detail. The book is the fruit of over twenty years' research by Nectoux, the foremost authority on Gabriel Fauré. In the process of writing this definitive study, he read more than 5000 previously unpublished letters and unearthed more than 120 musical manuscripts. The book includes several rare photographs from Fauré's lifetime and contains an extended chronology of the composer's life, a complete chronological listing of all his own works and a detailed bibliography.

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Review:

'J.-M. Nectoux's [book] on Fauré is as much literary as theoretical and, in spite of the enormous fund of information it contains, is more reflective than didactic. It is a superb demonstration of the possibilities of creative criticism.' L'Avant-Scène Opéra

'... marks a new stage in the understanding and “discovery” of this body of work.' Monde de la Musique

Book Description:

Jean-Michel Nectoux's richly-illustrated biography of Gabriel Fauré traces his life in the world of Saint-Saens, Flaubert, Verlaine, Ravel Debussy and Proust, and considers his music, with particular emphasis on his adjustments to the musical language of the twentieth century and the formation of his late style. Works in all genres are discussed in detail.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521616956
• ISBN 13: 9780521616959
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 676