The art of French piano music : Debussy, Ravel, Fauré, Chabrier / by Howat, Roy

Table of Contents: “…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? …”
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The fiery angel : art, culture, sex, politics, and the struggle for the soul of the West / by Walsh, Michael, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue : into the West -- Introduction : the unanswered question -- The fiery angel -- Gaspard de la Nuit -- The Raft of the Medusa -- The woman without a shadow -- The mystery of the Dorabella -- The birth of tragedy -- La belle et la bete -- Deus lo vult -- La commmedia è divina -- Miraculous mandarins -- Adrift in Bistritz -- The stone guest -- O magnum mysterium -- Epilogue : from Erinyes to Eumenides.…”
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Piano lessons with Claudio Arrau : a guide to his philosophy and techniques / by Arx, Victoria A. von

Table of Contents: “…MAURICE RAVEL: GASPARD DE LA NUIT""; ""4. MAURICE RAVEL: GASPARD DE LA NUIT""; ""5. …”
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Irony and sound : the music of Maurice Ravel / by Zank, Stephen, 1950-

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The Edinburgh companion to the prose poem /

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