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Pelleas & Melisande (English National Opera Guide)
Claude Debussy
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Description for Pelleas & Melisande (English National Opera Guide)
Paperback. Editor(s): Nicholas, John. Translator(s): Macdonald, Hugh. Num Pages: 95 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 153 x 6. Weight in Grams: 146.
In this Guide to Pelleas and Melisande, Maeterlinck's original play is reprinted in full, so that the opera lover can read the scenes that Debussy did not set to music. Hugh Macdonald's much praised English translation is published here for the first time, with an essay uncovering the musical roots of Pelleas and Melisande and illustrating its importance to the music of the twentieth century. Alain Raitt, author of several studies of Symbolist writers, evaluates Maeterlinck's status as a dramatist, and Roger Nichols analyses the score. Proust's short pastiche of the opera and Arthur Symons's review of the first English ... Read more
In this Guide to Pelleas and Melisande, Maeterlinck's original play is reprinted in full, so that the opera lover can read the scenes that Debussy did not set to music. Hugh Macdonald's much praised English translation is published here for the first time, with an essay uncovering the musical roots of Pelleas and Melisande and illustrating its importance to the music of the twentieth century. Alain Raitt, author of several studies of Symbolist writers, evaluates Maeterlinck's status as a dramatist, and Roger Nichols analyses the score. Proust's short pastiche of the opera and Arthur Symons's review of the first English ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oneworld Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
100
Place of Publication
Richmond, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780714544137
SKU
V9780714544137
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About Claude Debussy
Claude-Achille Debussy (1862-1918) is among the most important of all French composers, and a central figure in European music of the turn of the twentieth century. Debussy's work often reflected the activities or turbulence in his own life.
Reviews for Pelleas & Melisande (English National Opera Guide)
Brilliantly produced and superb value.'
Sunday Times
All these will provide the new opera-goer with food for thought.'
Daily Telegraph
Wholehearted recommendation of this valuable new series.'
TLS
Sunday Times
All these will provide the new opera-goer with food for thought.'
Daily Telegraph
Wholehearted recommendation of this valuable new series.'
TLS