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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813206903321

Autore

Fulcher Jane F

Titolo

The composer as intellectual : music and ideology in France 1914-1940 / / Jane F. Fulcher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-19-029181-8

0-19-772769-7

1-280-42820-1

9786610428205

0-19-534658-0

1-4237-3414-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (488 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

780/.944/09041

Soggetti

Music - France - 20th century - History and criticism

Composers - France

Music - Social aspects - France

Music - Political aspects - France

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-462) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1: Wartime Nationalism, Classicism, and Their Limits; 2: The National or Universal in the Twenties; 3: The "Defense" of French Culture in the Thirties; 4: The Return to Spirit; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In 'The Composer as Intellectual', musicologist Jane Fulcher reveals the extent to which leading French composers between the world wars were not only aware of, but engaged intellectually and creatively with the central political and ideological issues of the period.