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245 14 a| The ballets of Maurice Ravel :b| creation and interpretation /c| Deborah Mawer.;

300 a| xvii, 314 pages :b| illustrations, music ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-300) and index.;

520 a| Ravel, as composer and scenario writer, collaborated with some of the greatest ballet directors, choreographers, designers and dancers of his time, including Diaghilev, Ida Rubinstein, Benois and Nijinsky. In this book, the first study dedicated to Ravel's ballets, Deborah Mawer explores these relationships and argues that ballet music should not be regarded in isolation from its associated arts. Indeed, Ravel's views on ballet and other stage works privilege a synthesized aesthetic. The first chapter establishes a historical and critical context for Ravel's scores, engaging en route with multimedia theory. Six main ballets from Daphnis et Chloé through to Boléro are considered holistically alongside themes such as childhood fantasy, waltzing and neoclassicism. Each work is examined in terms of its evolution, premiere, critical reception and reinterpretation through to the present; new findings result from primary-source research, undertaken especially in Paris. The final chapter discusses the reasons for Ravel's collaborations and the strengths and weaknesses of his interpersonal relations. The author emphasizes the importance of the performative dimension in realizing Ravel's achievement, and proposes that the composer's large-scale oeuvre can, in a sense, be viewed as a balletic undertaking. In so doing, this book adds significantly to current research interest in artistic production and interplay in early twentieth-century Paris.;

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The ballets of Maurice Ravel : creation and interpretation / Deborah Mawer.

Author/creator	Mawer, Deborah, 1961-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2006.
Description	xvii, 314 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
Subjects	Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Ballets. Ballets--History and criticism.

Contents	Cultural and critical backdrop -- Childhood fantasy and exoticism: Ma Mère l'Oye and L'Enfant -- Greekness and myth in Daphnis et Chloé -- Essays on the waltz I: Adélaïde ou le langage des fleurs (Valses nobles) -- Essays on the waltz II: La Valse and epilogue -- Neoclassical divertissements: Le Tombeau de Couperin and 'fanfare' from L'Eventail de Jeanne -- Spain, machines and sexuality: Boléro -- 'Danse générale': Ravel's oeuvre as ballet.
Abstract	Ravel, as composer and scenario writer, collaborated with some of the greatest ballet directors, choreographers, designers and dancers of his time, including Diaghilev, Ida Rubinstein, Benois and Nijinsky. In this book, the first study dedicated to Ravel's ballets, Deborah Mawer explores these relationships and argues that ballet music should not be regarded in isolation from its associated arts. Indeed, Ravel's views on ballet and other stage works privilege a synthesized aesthetic. The first chapter establishes a historical and critical context for Ravel's scores, engaging en route with multimedia theory. Six main ballets from Daphnis et Chloé through to Boléro are considered holistically alongside themes such as childhood fantasy, waltzing and neoclassicism. Each work is examined in terms of its evolution, premiere, critical reception and reinterpretation through to the present; new findings result from primary-source research, undertaken especially in Paris. The final chapter discusses the reasons for Ravel's collaborations and the strengths and weaknesses of his interpersonal relations. The author emphasizes the importance of the performative dimension in realizing Ravel's achievement, and proposes that the composer's large-scale oeuvre can, in a sense, be viewed as a balletic undertaking. In so doing, this book adds significantly to current research interest in artistic production and interplay in early twentieth-century Paris.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-300) and index.
LCCN	2005014109
ISBN	0754630293 (alk. paper)

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