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Marguerite Long : A Life in French Music, 1874-1966 by Cecilia Dunoyer (1993, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherIndiana University Press

ISBN-100253318394

ISBN-139780253318398

eBay Product ID (ePID)78188

Product Key Features

Number of Pages260 Pages

Publication NameMarguerite Long : Alife in French Music, 1874-1966

LanguageEnglish

SubjectComposers & Musicians, Musical Instruments / Piano & Keyboard

Publication Year1993

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaMusic, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorCecilia Dunoyer

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight20 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN93-009354

Reviews"Cecilia Dunoyer has written a thoughtful and carefully researched work. Not only is her book crammed with information on French music, performers, and composers, it also is highly readable."- Piano & Keyboard"Cecilia Dunoyer's new book presents an engaging portrait of the woman once esteemed as the grande dame of French music." - Notes"It is a fascinating story from beginning to end . . . " - American Music Teacher"Dunoyer's thorough, accurate, well-written biography is the first of this important artist and, as such, worthy of many a music library's attention." - Booklist

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal786.2/092

Table Of ContentPreface Acknowledgments PART ONE: THE ARTIST 1. Marguerite Long's Youth 2. Marguerite Long and Gabriel Faure: 1902-1912 3. Other Musical Collaborations 4. Marguerie Long and Claude Debussy: 1914-1919 5. The Postwar Years and the 1920's 6. The 1930s: Marguerite Long and Maurice Ravel PART TWO: PEDAGOGUE AND AMBASSADOR OF FRENCH MUSIC 7. Portrait of a Pedagogue 8. The War Years: 1939-1945 9. The Concours Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud 10. The Postwar Decade: 1946-1955 11. Ambassador of French Music 12. The Last Ten Years of Long's Life: 1956-1966 Notes Glossary Discography Bibliography Index

Synopsis"Cecilia Dunoyer has written a thoughtful and carefully researched work. Not only is her book crammed with information on French music, performers, and composers, it also is highly readable." --Piano & Keyboard "Cecilia Dunoyer's new book presents an engaging portrait of the woman once esteemed as the grande dame of French music." --Notes "It is a fascinating story from beginning to end... " --American Music Teacher "Dunoyer's thorough, accurate, well-written biography is the first of this important artist and, as such, worthy of many a music library's attention." --Booklist Marguerite Long, the most important French woman pianist of our century, left her stamp on a whole epoch of musical life in Paris. Long was a virtuoso performer--working closely with Debussy, Faur , and Ravel--and a tireless and demanding pedagogue. With violinist Jacques Thibaud, she founded a prestigious international competition that continues to launch the careers of young musicians. Illustrated., "Cecilia Dunoyer has written a thoughtful and carefully researched work. Not only is her book crammed with information on French music, performers, and composers, it also is highly readable." --Piano & Keyboard "Cecilia Dunoyer's new book presents an engaging portrait of the woman once esteemed as the grande dame of French music." --Notes "It is a fascinating story from beginning to end . . . " --American Music Teacher "Dunoyer's thorough, accurate, well-written biography is the first of this important artist and, as such, worthy of many a music library's attention." --Booklist Marguerite Long, the most important French woman pianist of our century, left her stamp on a whole epoch of musical life in Paris. Long was a virtuoso performer--working closely with Debussy, Fauré, and Ravel--and a tireless and demanding pedagogue. With violinist Jacques Thibaud, she founded a prestigious international competition that continues to launch the careers of young musicians. Illustrated.

LC Classification NumberML417.L85D86 1993