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020 |a 9780300145472 (hbk.) 
040 |a UKM 
050 |a ML724  |b .H6 2009 
100 1 |a Howat, Roy 
245 1 4 |a The art of French piano music :  |b Debussy, Ravel, Fauré, Chabrier /  |c Roy Howat. 
260 1 4 |a New Haven, Conn. :  |b Yale University Press,  |c c2009. 
300 1 4 |a xvi, 400 p. :  |b ill., music ;  |c 25 cm. 
504 1 4 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-388) and index. 
505 1 4 |a The exactitude of musical 'Impressionism' (Painting in sound ; Painting in musical structure (1) : Debussy's Preludes ; Painting in musical structure (2) : Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit ; Shapes and forms ; Reflets dans l'eau', Hokusai, Edgar Allan Poe and Leonardo of Pisa) -- Musical roots and antecedents (Chopin's legacy ; 'Musique adorable ': à la découverte d'Emmanuel Chabrier ; Debussy and the Orient ; The exotic via Russia and Spain ; The clavecinistes ; Romanticism) -- Fresh perspectives (Rhythmic games in Ravel ; Rhythmic games in Chabrier ; Repertoire discoveries) -- At the keyboard (What do we interpret? ; Editions and what they can't quite tell us ; Rhythm, tempo, dance and humour ; A fresh look at Gabriel Fauré ; Orchestral thinking and the pedals ; Body language and the piano ; The composer as pianist) -- Appendices ('Facilement, facilement' : finding technical ease ; Glosses on titles and musical allusions ; Composers' surviving instruments and recordings ; Brief summary of critical editions ; Locations of musical manuscripts discussed) 
600 1 4 |a Debussy, Claude,  |d 1862-1918  |x Criticism and interpretation. 
600 1 4 |a Debussy, Claude,  |d 1862-1918. 
600 1 4 |a Ravel, Maurice,  |d 1875-1937  |x Criticism and interpretation. 
600 1 4 |a Ravel, Maurice,  |d 1875-1937. 
600 1 4 |a Fauré, Gabriel,  |d 1845-1924  |x Criticism and interpretation. 
600 1 4 |a Fauré, Gabriel,  |d 1845-1924. 
600 1 4 |a Chabrier, Emmanuel,  |d 1841-1894  |x Criticism and interpretation. 
600 1 4 |a Chabrier, Emmanuel,  |d 1841-1894. 
650 1 4 |a Piano music  |x History and criticism.  |z France 
650 1 4 |a Piano music  |x Analysis, appreciation.  |z France 
952 |a GrThPMO  |b 59b017b66c5ad17d7e5ae0a8  |c 952a  |d 9528  |e ML724.H6 2009  |t 7  |x m  |z Books