Claude debussy biography book
English translation and revised edition of the most comprehensive and reliable biography of Claude Debussy..
Review
Magnificent. A milestone in Debussy scholarship. Its translator, Marie Rolf,...has also added substantial additional notes.
Writing with exemplary conciseness and cool detachment, Lesure gives us a complex portrait of 'an artist who sacrificed nearly everything for his work', and, while presenting us with a marvellously detailed depiction of the artistic and social milieu in which he moved, he places his primary emphasis on the contradictions within the man, which in turn fuelled his creativity.
― GRAMOPHONE
Easy and rewarding to read--a landmark in historic Debussy studies and an essential source in this new enlarged edition and translation.
Claude Debussy was a French composer.
― MUSICAL OPINION
Meticulously researched...Marie Rolf has not only translated this magnum opus but also augmented Lesure's book with information unearthed by more recent scholarship. ― BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE
An invaluable scholarly resource.
― LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS
A much-esteemed volume...Marie Rolf of the Eastman School of Music in