Год выпуска: 2011 Автор: Christopher Madden Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 80 ISBN: 9783846512203
Описание
The combination of Stephane Mallarme’s esoteric poetry and Maurice Ravel’s elusive tonal language presents a multitude of methodological problems for both analysts and performers attempting to study the Trois poemes de Stephane Mallarme (1913). While extant analyses of these songs draw on pitch content to make observations about Ravel’s interpretation of the text, they fail to consider the fundamental structural importance of Mallarme’s poetry. In his autobiographical sketch, Ravel noted that Mallarme’s “preciosite so full of meaning” inspired him to compose the Trois poemes. By using the archaic French word preciosite, which carries significant literary connotations, Ravel suggests that his understanding of Mallarme’s preciosite served as the compositional impetus for these songs. After establishing Ravel’s life-long affinity for Mallarme’s Symbolist structures and formal improprieties, this book will present a detailed analysis of “Soupir” and “Placet futile.” Both scholars and...
