Accenting the classics: Editing European music in France, 1915–1925

Mawer, Deborah, Kelly, Barbara L., Moore, Rachel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9016-8047 and Sadler, Graham 2023. Accenting the classics: Editing European music in France, 1915–1925. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. 10.1515/9781800109018

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Abstract

French composers, performers and musicologists acted as editors of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European 'classics', primarily for piano. Among these editors were Fauré, Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Ravel and Dukas; the objects of their enquiries included core works by Rameau, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Chopin. Presenting six composer-editor case studies, the volume shows that the French 'accent', both musical and cultural, upon this predominantly Austro-German music was highly varied. Editorial responses range from scholarly approaches to those directed by performance or compositional agendas, and from pan-European to strongly patriotic stances. Intriguing intersections are revealed between old and new, and between French and cross-European canons. Beyond editing, the book explores the Édition's role in pedagogy and performance, including by pianists Robert Casadesus and Yvonne Loriod, and in the reassertion of contemporary French composition, especially regarding innovation around neoclassicism. It will interest a wide readership, including musicologists, performers and concert-goers, cultural historians and other humanities scholars.

Item Type:	Book
Book Type:	Authored Book
Status:	Published
Schools:	Music
Publisher:	The Boydell Press
ISBN:	9781837650323
Last Modified:	29 Apr 2024 09:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/168195

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