Claude Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande |
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| Author:
| Nichols, Roger
Smith, Richard Langham |
| Series title: | Cambridge Opera Handbooks Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-31446-6 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1989 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $27.99 |
Book Description:
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This is the first comprehensive guide to Pelléas et Mélisande, Debussy's only completed opera, written by three of the leading authorities on French music of the period. Contains discussion of play's literacy roots, the genesis and composition of the opera, and Debussy's musical responses to the text.
This is the first comprehensive guide to Pelléas et Mélisande, Debussy's only completed opera, written by three of the leading authorities on French music of the period. Contains discussion of play's literacy roots, the genesis and composition of the opera, and Debussy's musical responses to the text.