Opstad Emma and Claude Debussy

The Biography of a Relationship
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-80010-404-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 408 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Emma Bardac and her relationship with Claude Debussy take centre stage in this insightful exploration of their lives together.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Opstad, Gillian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Sinfonische Musik & Ensembles
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Einzelne Komponisten und Musiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and note

Part One. Emma: Wife, Mother, Lover

1) Emma's ancestry and background
2) Emma's relationship with Gabriel Fauré
3) Debussy's life until 1902
4) Emma meets Debussy. 1899 - August 1904
5) August 1904 - August 1905. Pourville and Eastbourne.
6) August 1905 - December 1906. Life in the Avenue du Bois de Boulogne
7) 1907. Stagnation
8) 1908. Marriage and an ivory tower
9) 1909. Illness and depression
10) 1910. Floods and despair
11) 1911. A marriage and Le martyre
12) 1912. Confined to home
13) 1913. Troubles and travels
14) 1914. The approach of war
15) 1915. Patriotism and love awakened
16) 1916. Debussy's treatment and mounting concerns
17) 1917 - April 1918. The last summer

Part Two. Emma the Widow

18) April 1918 - Dec. 1918. Emma's mission
19) 1919. Tragedy and commemoration
20) 1920-1921. Disappointments and disputes
21) 1922-1923. Fiascos and controversies
22) 1924-1927. Friends and enemies
23) 1928-1931. Litigation and invective
24) 1932-1934. The final struggle
25) Epilogue

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Über Autor(innen)

Opstad Gillian:
GIILLIAN OPSTAD read Modern Languages at Somerville College, Oxford after which she taught for a number of years in Buckinghamshire and Bristol. She specialises in French music and is the author of Debussy's Mélisande, published by the Boydell Press in 2009.