Camille Saint-Saëns and His World

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-691-15555-5
Verlag: Princeton University Press

Buch, Englisch, 440 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 765 g

Reihe: The Bard Music Festival

Camille Saint-Saëns--perhaps the foremost French musical figure of the late nineteenth century and a composer who wrote in nearly every musical genre, from opera and the symphony to film music--is now being rediscovered after a century of modernism overshadowed his earlier importance. In a wide-ranging and trenchant series of essays, articles, and documents, Camille Saint-Saëns and His World deconstructs the multiple realities behind the man and his music. Topics range from intimate glimpses of the private and playful Saint-Saëns, to the composer's interest in astronomy and republican politics, his performances of Mozart and Rameau over eight decades, and his extensive travels around the world. This collection also analyzes the role he played in various musical societies and his complicated relationship with such composers as Liszt, Massenet, Wagner, and Ravel. Featuring the best contemporary scholarship on this crucial, formative period in French music, Camille Saint-Saëns and His World restores the composer to his vital role as innovator and curator of Western music. The contributors are Byron Adams, Leon Botstein, Jean-Christophe Branger, Michel Duchesneau, Katharine Ellis, Annegret Fauser, Yves Gérard, Dana Gooley, Carolyn Guzski, Carol Hess, D. Kern Holoman, Léo Houziaux, Florence Launay, Stéphane Leteuré, Martin Marks, Mitchell Morris, Jann Pasler, William Peterson, Michael Puri, Sabina Teller Ratner, Laure Schnapper, Marie-Gabrielle Soret, Michael Stegemann, and Michael Strasser.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pasler, Jann

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Einzelne Komponisten und Musiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik Geschichte der Musik: Romantik (ca. 1830-1900)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments and Permissions viii

Introduction: Deconstructing Saint-Sa?ns xi
PART I

SAINT-SA?NS THE PERSON
Camille Saint-Sa?ns in (Semi-)Private 2

MITCHELL MORRIS

Saint-Sa?ns, The Playful 8

PAUL VIARDOT

Inspired by the Skies? Saint-Sa?ns, Amateur Astronomer 12

L?O HOUZIAUX

Changes on the Moon, Optical Illusions, The Stars 17

CAMILLE SAINT-SA?NS

Business and Politics, with Humor: Saint-Sa?ns and Auguste Durand 26

JANN PASLER

Rivals and Friends: Saint-Sa?ns, Massenet, and Tha?s 33

JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BRANGER

Massenet?Saint-Sa?ns Correspondence 40

CAMILLE SAINT-SA?NS, JULES AND LOUISE MASSENET

Saint-Sa?ns and Lecocq: An Unwavering Friendship 48

YVES G?RARD
PART II

SAINT-SA?NS THE MUSICIAN
Saint-Sa?ns and the Performer's Prestige 56

DANA GOOLEY

Le Ma?itre and the "Strange Woman," Marie Ja?ll: Two Virtuoso-Composers in Resonance 85

FLORENCE LAUNAY AND JANN PASLER

Saint-Sa?ns's Improvisations on the Organ (1862) 102

WILLIAM PETERSON

Providing Direction for French Music: Saint-Sa?ns and the Soci?t? Nationale 109

MICHAEL STRASSER

Saint-Sa?ns as President of the Soci?t? des Compositeurs (1887?1891) 118

LAURE SCHNAPPER

Saint-Sa?ns at the Soci?t? des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris (1903?1904) 125

D. KERN HOLOMAN
PART III

SAINT-SA?NS THE GLOBETROTTER
Saint-Sa?ns: The Traveling Musician 134

ST?PHANE LETEUR?

Saint-Sa?ns in Germany 142

MICHAEL STEGEMANN

Saint-Sa?ns in England: His Organ Symphony 161

SABINA TELLER RATNER

Analytical and Historical Programme for His New Symphony in C Minor and Major 167

CAMILLE SAINT-SA?NS

Saint-Sa?ns, "Algerian by Adoption" 173

JANN PASLER

Friendship and Music in Indochina 184

JANN PASLER

Saint-Sa?ns in New York 191

CAROLYN GUZSKI

Saint-Sa?ns and Latin America 201

CAROL A. HESS
PART IV

SAINT-SA?NS, AESTHETICS PAST AND PRESENT
What's in a Song? Saint-Sa?ns's M?lodies 210

ANNEGRET FAUSER

Saint-Sa?ns and the Ancient World: From Africa to Greece 232

JANN PASLER

Saint-Sa?ns, Writer 260

MAIRE-GABRIELLE SORET

Saint-Sa?ns and Rameau's Keyboard Music 266

KATHARINE ELLIS

Preface, Rameau's Pi?ces de Clavecin (Durand, 1895) 271

CAMILLE SAINT-SA?NS

Lyres and Citharas of Antiquity 275

MARIE-GABRIELLE SORET

Ancient Lyres and Citharas 280

CAMILLE SAINT-SA?NS

Saint-Sa?ns and d'Indy in Dialogue 287

JANN PASLER
PART V

SAINT-SA?NS IN THE 20TH CENTURY
Saint-Sa?ns's Advocacy of Music Education in Elementary School 304

JANN PASLER

Report of M. Saint-Sa?ns 309

CAMILLE SAINT-SA?NS

Saint-Sa?ns and the Future of Music 312

BYRON ADAMS AND JANN PASLER

Musical Evolution 318

CAMILLE SAINT-SA?NS

The Fox in the Henhouse, or Saint-Sa?ns at the SMI 324

MICHEL DUCHESNEAU

Saint-Sa?ns, Ravel, and Their Piano Concertos: Sounding Out a Legacy 334

MICHAEL J. PURI

Saint-Sa?ns and Silent Film / Sound Film and Saint-Sa?ns 357

MARTIN MARKS

Beyond the Conceits of the Avant-Garde: Saint-Sa?ns, Romain Rolland, and the Musical Culture of the Nineteenth Century 370

LEON BOTSTEIN
Index 405

Notes on the Contributors 419

Über Autor(innen)

Pasler, Jann
Jann Pasler is professor of music at the University of California, San Diego. Her books include "Writing through Music: Essays on Music, Culture, and Politics" and "Composing the Citizen: Music as Public Utility in Third Republic France".