The operas of Maurice Ravel
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The operas of Maurice Ravel
（Music in context）
Cambridge University Press, 2015
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Bibliography: p. 243-260
Includes index
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Description
Maurice Ravel's operas L'Heure espagnole (1907/1911) and L'Enfant et les sortileges (1919-25) are pivotal works in the composer's relatively small oeuvre. Emerging from periods shaped by very distinct musical concerns and historical circumstances, these two vastly different works nevertheless share qualities that reveal the heart of Ravel's compositional aesthetic. In this comprehensive study, Emily Kilpatrick unites musical, literary, biographical and cultural perspectives to shed new light on Ravel's operas. In documenting the operas' history, setting them within the cultural canvas of their creation and pursuing diverse strands of analytical and thematic exploration, Kilpatrick reveals crucial aspects of the composer's working life: his approach to creative collaboration, his responsiveness to cultural, aesthetic and musical debate, and the centrality of language and literature in his compositional practice. The first study of its kind, this book is an invaluable resource for students, specialists, opera-goers and devotees of French music.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part I. Making Operas: 1. Introduction: 'a single act at the Opera-Comique'
- 2. Ravel's hour
- 3. The Child and the impresarios
- Part II. Words and Music: 4. The collaborative process
- 5. Songs into operas
- 6. 'This archaic attempt at a modern fantasy'
- 7. A portrait of an opera-ballet
- Part III. The Compositional Web: 8. The 'calling cards' of L'Heure espagnole
- 9. From Carmen to Concepcion
- 10. The 'big, small world' of L'Enfant et les sortileges
- 11. A child of his time
- Afterword.
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