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The Composer as Intellectual: Music and Ideology in France 1914-1940

Book by Jane F. Fulcher; Oxford University Press, 2005

Subjects:

Composers--France, Music--France--20th Century--History And Criticism, Music--Political Aspects--France, Music--Social Aspects--France

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...and for the stylistic choices of French composers. They lived in an era of mass...includ- ing those of high culture. French composers in this period were aware...or social theory Its impact on French music was multiple- manifest in...
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Composers on Composers

Book by John L. Holmes; Greenwood Press, 1990

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Composers, Music--History And Criticism, Musicians As Authors

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...lost one of the greatest composers of the age. Not all musicians...outlived its time, that new composers and a new musical idiom...their allotted places in French music, but Ravel still remains one of the leading French composers and one of the...
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Mainstream Music of Early Twentieth Century America: The Composers, Their Times, and Their Works

Book by Nicholas E. Tawa; Greenwood Press, 1992

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Composers--United States, Music--United States--20th Century--History And Criticism

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...more advanced contemporary French composers and to appreciate...parade of neophyte American composers to Paris beginning with Virgil...stated: "I was interested in French music when it was regarded...become a master, and modern French music dIndy, Faure, Debussy...Bernstein. As a teacher and composer, he contributed considerably...
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A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers - Vol. 1
Includes: Composers Born before 1900

Book by Pamela Youngdahl Dees; Greenwood Press, 2002

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Music By Women Composers--Bio-Bibliography, Piano Music--Bibliography

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...Six, the group of diverse French composers united in their...volumes of eighteenth-century French and Italian arias in Les Maitres...1927 , she grew to admire French composers of the eighteenth century...A prolific and practical composer who worked to commission...
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Conductors and Composers of Popular Orchestral Music: A Biographical and Discographical Sourcebook

Book by Reuben Musiker, Naomi Musiker; Greenwood Press, 1998

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Composers--Biography, Conductors (Music)--Biography, Orchestral Music--Bio-Bibliography, Orchestral Music--Discography, Popular Music--Bio-Bibliography, Popular Music--Discography

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...recorded the works of other French composers such as Pierre...works of English light music composers such as Albert W. Ketelby...recorded the World Landscapes by French composer Pierre Duclos and the Great French Light Opera Revue in 1980...

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Journal Articles on: french composers

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Rethinking Authorship through Women Composers: Women Writing Opera: Creativity and Controversy in the Age of the French Revolution

Journal article by Matthew Head; Women & Music, 2002

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Rethinking Authorship through Women Composers: Women Writing Opera: Creativity and Controversy in the Age of the French Revolution (Book)

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...Controversy in the Age of the French Revolution by Matthew...for the works of male composers, not least because...Controversy in the Age of the French Revolution--I speculate...the librettist and composer Charriere that engages...the works of women composers, not those of Haydn...narrative into the composer himself. Lucile Gretrys...controversial move of the French feminist Helene Cixous...
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Compositions for Voice by Mel Bonis, French Woman Composer, 1858-1937

Journal article by Christine Géliot; Journal of Singing, Vol. 64, 2007

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...cellist who did not speak French, and whose wife, Ingrid...for flute and piano by the composer whose music appealed to him...wanted to know more about this composer, he visited the publishers...the the Society of Authors Composers and Publishers of Music...an illustrious name among French singers, owing especially...
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The New Generation of Composers in Quebec

Journal article by Alan Belkin; Canadian University Music Review, Vol. 9, 1989

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Composers, Music, Musicology, Quebec Canada

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...of the interview was chosen by the composer. The following composers responded.3 Raynald Arsenault Gilles...primary school up. We asked the composers about their musical education. No composer totally lacked performing background...was most struck by how much these composers share. As a composer myself, 1 felt part of a community...
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The Composer's Voice: "what Women Can Do"

Journal article by Brenda Dalen; Canadian University Music Review, Vol. 16, 1995

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Archer, Violet, Careers, Composers, Montreal Quebec Canada, Traditions, Women

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...music of several "lesser French composers," including Chaminade...you would have become a composer had your parents stayed...over there, especially for composers. To give an example, theres...is married to an Italian composer-but shes English originally...International Festival of Women Composers last year. The one whom...
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Heine and the Composers

Journal article by Daniel Albright; Parnassus : Poetry in Review, Vol. 31, 2009

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Composers, Heine, Heinrich (1797-1856), Literary criticism, Musical criticism, Poetry, Poets, Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)

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...a specific meaning by the composer; to hear in it only pulse...have influenced the course of French poetry. In the radical ironists...versions of the Heine clown. French composers, as well as German ones...known cycle by die Breton composer Guy Ropartz, Quatre poemes...

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Magazine Articles on: french composers

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Federico Mompou: Catalonian Composer Magnifico

Magazine article by Joseph Thomas Rawlins, Alberto Hernandez-Banuchi; American Music Teacher, Vol. 56, December 2006

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Composers--Biography, Mompou, Federico--Biography

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...Joseph Rawlins Catalonian composer Federico Mompou (1893...introverted and enigmatic Spanish composers of the 20th century. His...soul. In tribute to the composer Montsalvatge commented...separates him from other great composers Albeniz and Granados...to the group of young French composers Francis Poulenc, Darius...simplicity of the works of composer Erik Satie and by the artistic...
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Finnish Composer Kaija Saariaho: Uncovering Beauty in Ordinary Noise

Magazine article by Cori Ellison; Scandinavian Review, Vol. 87, Winter 2000

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Classical music, Composers, Personal profiles, Saariaho, Kaija

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...major international composer and drew commissions...close friend. "Shes a composer who leaves a lot of...November 1999 in both French and English versions. The composers current preoccupation...The libretto, by the French-- Lebanese author...Saariaho. You can take the composer out of Finland, but...
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Franck after Franck: the Composer's Posthumous Fortunes

Magazine article by R. J. Stove; Musical Times, Vol. 152, Spring 2011

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Composers, Musical recordings, Organ music

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...being meant to adorn the composers new tomb; Francks remains...to him: Numbers of composers who would have believed...time when many a young composer who had ventured to...section of contemporary French music has taken since...Franck. Executed by French sculptor Pierre-Felix...Masseau, it depicts the composer surrounded by three...
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Joseph Haydn and the German Nation: A Subject and Servant of Europe's Most Cosmopolitan Empire, the Composer Joseph Haydn Played an Important Role in the Emergence of German Cultural Nationalism during the 18th and 19th Centuries

Magazine article by Tim Blanning; History Today, Vol. 59, May 2009

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Composers--Appreciation, Composers--Works, Haydn, Joseph--Appreciation, Haydn, Joseph--Works

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...Porpora, the Neapolitan composer. But Vienna was also...when Louis XIV and the French culture he personified...18th-century German composers born before Haydn: Johann...suggests, it was the French against whom the Germans...the knowledge that the French held the Germans in very...
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Heads Will Roll: Rick Jones Joins Composers from around the World to Celebrate Haydn's Legacy-And See His Two Skulls

Magazine article by Rick Jones; New Statesman, Vol. 138, August 24, 2009

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Composers--Appreciation, Composers--Works, Concerts--Planning, Haydn, Joseph--Appreciation, Musicians--Performances

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...Every one of the 18 composers has been gathered for...sight of groups of composers taking the kilometre...boasts the American composer William Bolcom in his...The 83-year-old French composer Betsy Jolas studied...The six Austrian composers--Doderer, Everhartz...

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Newspaper Articles on: french composers

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Symphony to Highlight French Composers

Newspaper article by Ann Piccininni; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 7, 2008

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Composers

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Symphony to Highlight French Composers. by Ann Piccininni Byline...Victoria VerHoven, will perform French composer Claude Debussys "La damoiselle...from the works of 19th-century French composers will become apparent to listeners...
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Roge Finds His Language with French Composers

Newspaper article by Barbara Vitello; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May 2, 2008

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Composers

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...perceptive interpretations of French composers Maurice Ravel...Mozart and Schubert, but in French composers he has found the best and...discovered my language is French music," says the 57-year...titans to include American composer George Gershwin, whose Piano...
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Many Happy Returns, Debussy; A Celebration of the French Composer Kicks-Off a Run of Major Festivals. Christopher Morley Finds out What's in Store

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), February 2, 2012

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Composers, Debussy, Claude, Festivals

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...Debussy; A Celebration of the French Composer Kicks-Off a Run...the great and influential French composer Claude Debussy - amazing...Debussy festival features the composers complete solo piano works...the culmination Influential composer Claude Debussy of the young Irish composers period as Birmingham Contemporary...
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Hector Berlioz; French Composer Stretched the Truth of His Life, Splendidly

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 4, 2002

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Berlioz, Hector

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...TIMES The great French composer Hector Berlioz...on Berlioz, the composers own "Memoirs...deserved, both as a composer and conductor...many prominent French critics and others...with pieces by composers Berlioz particularly...imaginary earlier French composer named Pierre Ducre...
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Composer Portrait Sheds Light on the Dark Heart of Jost's Music; the Work of Contemporary Composers Is Being Introduced to Audiences inWales through a Series of Special Concerts. Karen Price Finds out about Them

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), November 21, 2009

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Composers, Concerts, Television programs

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...9. The young French composer has been awarded first...commissioned by the French government as well as...pieces by well-known composers or to familiar pieces by lesser-known composers. "Now its time to...music," adds Thorne. Composer Portraits: Christian...Wednesday at 7pm NEXT: French composer Bruno Mantovani...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: french composers

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Moussorgsky, Modest Petrovich

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...moosorg ske, 1839 81, Russian composer. His name is also transliterated...his associations with other composers encouraged him to become a composer himself, although his musical...influenced not only Russian composers but also Claude Debussy and other French composers. See letters and...
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Six, Les

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...six young early 20th-century French musicians. They were united by...the extravagant impressionism of French composers such as Claude Debussy and Maurice...fashion. Nonetheless, all of the composers maintained their own distinctive...
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Poulenc, Francis

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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POULENC, FRANCIS fraNses poolaNk , 1899 1963, French composer and pianist. He was one of Les Six , a group of French composers who subscribed to the aesthetic ideals of Erik Satie . The spontaneity and lyricism...
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Chabrier, Alexis Emmanuel

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...ALEXIS EMMANUEL alekse emanuel shabrea , 1841 94, French composer. His best-known works are an orchestral rhapsody...and musical drollery. His music influenced such French composers as Ravel and Satie...
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Gluck, Christoph Willibald Von

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...glook, 1714 87, German-born operatic composer. Gluck revolutionized opera by establishing...where his first serious opera with a French libretto, Iphigenie en Aulide (1774...simplicity became incorporated into the French operatic tradition, and his influence on later composers was considerable. See his collected...

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