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Claude Debussy : a critical biography

Lesure, François2019
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This encyclopedic volume draws extensively on Debussy's complete correspondence (at that time unpublished), a painstaking tracking of contemporary reviews and comments in the press, and an examination of other primary documents, including private diaries - that had not been available to previous biographers. As such, Lesure's book presents a wealth of new information while debunking a number of myths that had developed over the years since the composer's death in 1918. The present English translation and revised edition, by Debussy authority Marie Rolf, augments Lesure's numerous notes with several thousand new ones by Rolf, providing more precise information on crucial and sometimes contentious points.
Main title:
Claude Debussy : a critical biography / François Lesure ; English translation and revised edition by Marie Rolf.
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Imprint:
Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2019.
Collation:
544 pages ; 23 cm.
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Notes:
Translated from the French.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781580469036 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
780.92
Language:
EnglishFrench
BRN:
1902967
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