Unmasking Ravel : new perspectives on the music / edited by Peter Kaminsky.
| Other author/creator | Kaminsky, Peter Michael, 1953- editor. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2011. |
| Description | viii, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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| Series | Eastman studies in music ; [v. 84] Eastman studies in music ; v. 84. ^A494093 |
| Contents | Ravel's poetics: literary currents, classical takes / Steven Huebner -- Re-presenting Ravel: artificiality and the aesthetic of imposture / Barbara L. Kelly -- Adorno's Ravel / Michael J. Puri -- Ravel's approach to formal process: comparisons and contexts / Peter Kaminsky -- Repetition as musical motion in Ravel's piano writing / Daphne Leong and David Korevaar -- Playing with models: sonata form in Ravel's String Quartet and Piano Trio / Sigrun B. Heinzelmann -- Spiral and self-destruction in Ravel's La Valse / Volker Helbing ; translated by Nicholas Betson -- Diatonic expansion and chromatic compression in Maurice Ravel's Sonate pour violon et violoncelle / Elliott Antokoletz -- Deception, reality, and changes of perspective in two songs from Histoires naturelles / Lauri Suurpää -- Not just a pretty surface: ornament and metric complexity in Ravel's piano music / Gurminder K. Bhogal -- The child on the couch; or, Toward a (psycho) analysis of Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges / Peter Kaminsky. |
| Abstract | This book fills a unique place in Ravel studies by combining critical interpretation and analytical focus. From the premiere of his works up to the present, Ravel has been associated with masks and the related notions of artifice and imposture. This has led scholars to perceive a lack of depth in his music and, consequently, to discourage investigation of his musical language. This volume balances and interweaves these modes of inquiry. Part 1, "Orientations and Influences," illuminates the sometimes contradictory aesthetic, biographical, and literary strands comprising Ravel's artistry and our understanding of it. Part 2, "Analytical Case Studies," engages representative works from Ravel's major genres using a variety of methodologies, focusing on structural process and his complex relation to stylistic convention. Part 3, "Interdisciplinary Studies," integrates musical analysis and art criticism, semiotics, and psychoanalysis in creating novel methodologies. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2010049336 |
| ISBN | 9781580463379 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1580463371 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Standard identifier# | 40019477681 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.R23 U56 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |