Book launch: Debussy Studies 2

Join us for the book launch of Debussy studies 2, edited by Barbara L. Kelly (University of Leeds) and David J. Code (University of Glasgow).

Over a century after his death, the French composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918) remains prominent in concert programmes and international scholarly research. The new collection reflects on his preoccupations in aesthetics, piecing together his literary tastes and influences. It also draws on philosophy and cognition studies to explore the perceived links between Debussy’s music, emotion and nature.

The volume is notable for its embrace of his earliest and latest works, which are often seen as unrepresentative of the ‘real’ Debussy. Its fresh approaches to analysis give new emphasis, in particular, to the rhythm, metre and the dance. It also reflects the current musicological preoccupation with performance and recording. Debussy Studies 2 ends with an assessment of the ways in which the scholarly debates immediately after his death have continued to influence our understanding one hundred years on.

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