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Afternoon of a Faun
Harvey Lee Snyder
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Description for Afternoon of a Faun
Hardcover. A richly detailed exploration into the life of one of the formost French composers of the twentieth century Num Pages: 384 pages, black and white and colour photo insert. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVGC6; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 726.
Claude Debussy was the father of the modern era in classical music. His innovations liberated Stravinsky Schoenberg and Bartìk to write their iconoclastic works and his harmonic inventions are still heard in American jazz. Though he was among the most compelling figures of the Belle »poque his life is little known to all but scholars; and of his considerable musical output only ÊPrelude to the Afternoon of a FaunÊ ÊLa merÊ and ÊClair de luneÊ are widely known.ÞHarvey Lee Snyder addresses this cultural neglect by presenting the composer and his music without ... Read more
Claude Debussy was the father of the modern era in classical music. His innovations liberated Stravinsky Schoenberg and Bartìk to write their iconoclastic works and his harmonic inventions are still heard in American jazz. Though he was among the most compelling figures of the Belle »poque his life is little known to all but scholars; and of his considerable musical output only ÊPrelude to the Afternoon of a FaunÊ ÊLa merÊ and ÊClair de luneÊ are widely known.ÞHarvey Lee Snyder addresses this cultural neglect by presenting the composer and his music without ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
390
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781574674491
SKU
V9781574674491
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Ref
99-15
About Harvey Lee Snyder
HARVEY LEE SNYDER (Malvern, PA) worked in the music business as copywriter and creative director for Columbia Record Club, as advertising manager for Mercury and Philips Records' classical division, and as vice president of marketing for Mills Music Publishing. His previous writings include album liner notes for Columbia, Philips, Spoken Arts, and Caedmon Records.
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