Debussy's 'Ibéria'

By:

Matthew Brown

Format:

Hardback

Series:

Studies in Musical Genesis, Structure, and Interpretation

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For well over a century musicologists have been fascinated by composers' manuscripts and by the insights they might reveal about the nature of musical composition. This book suggests ways in which Debussy's sketches and drafts may be used to explain how he composed one of his last great symphonic scores: Iberia (from Images for orchestra, 1903-10). Part 1 shows how we might understand the process of musical composition as a form of expert problem solving; it describes the compositional history of the work, the various intentional goals and historical constraints that guided Debussy's thinking, and some of the technical problems Debussy faced while composing this remarkable score. Part 2 reconstructs the genesis of each of the three movements in turn.

Author Biography:

Born in London, Matthew Brown studied at the Royal College of Music Preparatory Division and later at King's College London. He pursued a Ph.D. in musicology at Cornell University. From 1983-1986 he was a junior fellow at Harvard University. Since then, he has taught musicology at the Eastman School of Music and theory at Louisiana State University. He has served on the council of the American Musicological Society and the executive board of the Society for Music Theory. He is currently Associate Professor of Music Theory at the Eastman School of Music.

Release date NZ

October 2nd, 2003

Author

Matthew Brown

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

numerous music examples and figures

Pages

194

Series

Studies in Musical Genesis, Structure, and Interpretation

Dimensions

156x237x11

ISBN-13

9780198161998

Product ID

2806527

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