Paul Valéry and Music
Author | : Brian Stimpson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2012-03-29 |
ISBN-10 | : 0521168333 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780521168335 |
Rating | : 4/5 (335 Downloads) |
Download or read book Paul Valéry and Music written by Brian Stimpson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1984 book was the first to investigate the full implications of Paul Valéry's interest in the relationship between music and poetry. The book is more of a survey of all that Valéry had to say on music; it examines in detail the influence of such music upon his work as a poet. The structure of the book comprises three distinct phases of argument. In the first part Dr Stimpson details Valéry's contacts with the major developments in twentieth-century French music, and reveals particularly close relationshops with a number of outstanding composers and performers. Part II explores Valéry's theoretical consideration of the links between music and poetry. The third section studies the musical techniques in Valéry's poetry - melody, harmonics, rhythm, musique verbale, and recitative. This will be an important book for serious students of Valéry's poetry and all those interested in the relationship between poetry and music.