Beschreibung:
Catherine Kautsky is chair of keyboard at Lawrence University and has been lauded by the New York Times as ¿a pianist who can play Mozart and Schubert as though their sentiments and habits of speech coincided exactly with hers.¿ Visit https://debussysparis.com/ to enjoy Kautsky¿s performance of many of Debussy¿s works, as well as additional artworks, poems, and primary source materials from this book.
Debussy's Paris takes readers on a tour of Belle Époque Paris through detailed descriptions of the city's delights and the exquisite piano music Debussy wrote to accompany them. Kautsky reveals little known aspects of Parisian life and weaves the music, the man, the city, and the era into an indissoluble whole.
Ch. 1: Pierrot Conquers ParisCh. 2. Poets, Clowns, and Circus DaredevilsCh. 3. Dance Steps out of LineCh. 4. The Cakewalk WarsCh. 5. A Taste for the OrientCh. 6. Asia on a PedestalCh. 7 Child¿s Play and Make BelieveCh. 8. Fairies and Fairy TalesCh. 9. Crossovers on Land and at SeaCh. 10. The Floating WorldCh. 11. Fair-haired MaidensCh. 12. Edgar Allan Poe¿s ¿Imp of the Perverse¿Ch. 13 The Sounds of NationalismAfterword: In Conversation with Baudelaire and Proust