DTodat de STverac: Musical Identity in Fin de SiFcle France

by Waters,Robert F.

• ISBN13: 9780754641056
• ISBN10: 0754641058
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Best known for his piano music, Déodat de Séverac (18721921) also composed orchestral and vocal works, including opera, cantata and incidental music. His early works were influenced by Impressionist harmonies, church modes, cyclic techniques, folk-like melodies and Andalusian motives, though his style changed dramatically in 1907 when he began to include Catalan elements in his compositions. In this book, Robert Waters provides a much-needed study of the life and works of Séverac, focusing on the composer's regionalist philosophy. Séverac's engagement with folk music was not a patriotic gesture in the vein of nationalistic composers, but a way of expressing regional identity within France to counter the restrictive styles sanctioned by the Paris Conservatory. The book will appeal to those specializing in French music, European ethnic musics, piano music and French music history.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction, Biography, and Regionalist Philosophy

Introduction

Biography

Le régionalisme

Compositions from the Paris Years, 1896-1909

Severac, Christianity and organ music Songs

Opera: Le Coeur du Moulin (The Heart of the Mill)

Piano music

Unpublished, unfinished, lost, and recently published works

Catalan Music, 1910-1921

Catalan regionalism: politics and music

Severac's Catalan works

Conclusion

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

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Deacute;odat de Seacute;verac (18721921) is best known for his piano music but his compositions included orchestral and vocal works, including opera, cantata and incidental music. Robert Waters provides a much-needed study of the life and works of Seacute;verac, focusing on the composer's regionalist philosophy.