A significant contribution to the field ... Kelly adds to the dynamic understanding of the period ... Due to the clear structure of each chapter and the copious attention to details, this volume will be of use to academics, students and the general interested reader alike. It will no doubt become a standard reference in the field.
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Makes an important contribution to French music studies. Beyond those with a particular interest in France, it will also be essential reading for all scholars of music's Modernisms.
H-FRANCE REVIEW
Music and Ultra-Modernism in France: A Fragile Consensus, 1913-1939 presents a rich and nuanced exploration of musical Modernism within interwar France that challenges received, and accepted, understandings of this period. . . . Beyond those with a particular interest in France, it will also be essential reading for all scholars of music's Modernisms.
H-FRANCE
This book contains a great deal of valuable material.
MUSICAL OPINION
This book is a dazzling synthesis of materials, topics, and approaches to music historiography. It sheds new light on a period when alliances between critics and composers were paramount, when the perception of musical aims and aesthetics were considered vital to culture, and when the initiatives of musical historians actively shaped the way people thought about music and themselves.
FRENCH STUDIES
Kelly's scholarship and engaging writing is of the highest order, successfully helping us to address a previous deficiency in 20th-century French musicological studies. Highly recommended.
CHOICE, March 2014
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