Magician of sound : Ravel and the aesthetics of illusion /
"French composer Maurice Ravel was described by critics as a magician, conjurer, and illusionist. Scholars have been aware of this historical curiosity, but none so far have explained why Ravel attracted such critiques or what they might tell us about how to interpret his music. Magician of Sou...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2021]
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Series: | California studies in 20th-century music.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Misdirection, or image, illusion, and musical motion
- Emblems of enchantment
- The machine bewitched
- Illusions of form and void
- Motion, illusion, and phantasmagoria in La Valse
- Conclusion: Time, space, sortilèges.