Alladine and Palomides

Alladine and Palomides
Author: Maurice Maeterlinck
Publisher: New York : Barse & Hopkins, [19--]
Total Pages: 238
Release: 1915
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

Claude Debussy: Pelléas Et Mélisande

Claude Debussy: Pelléas Et Mélisande
Author: Roger Nichols
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1989-04-27
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780521314466

This first comprehensive guide to Debussy's only completed opera, Pelléas et Mélisande was written by the leading authorities on French music of the period. As a background to the opera, the authors, together with David Grayson, discuss various aspects of the play. They consider its literary roots, trace its genesis and composition, and illuminate Debussy's compositional strategies. A detailed synopsis of Debussy's musical response to the text forms a central chapter. This is followed by an examination of the symbols and musical motives employed by Debussy as well as an analysis of his themes. The book concludes with a detailed bibliography and a discography.

Opera As Opera

Opera As Opera
Author: Conrad L. Osborne
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2018-07-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9780999436608

Debussy's Mélisande

Debussy's Mélisande
Author: Gillian Opstad
Publisher: Boydell Press
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2009
Genre: Music
ISBN:

The colourful lives of the three divas who made Debussy's Mélisande their own.

Claude Debussy

Claude Debussy
Author: François Lesure
Publisher: Eastman Studies in Music
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2019
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1580469035

English translation and revised edition of the most comprehensive and reliable biography of Claude Debussy.

Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande

Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande
Author: Lawrence Gilman
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 63
Release: 2019-12-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Learn about Claude Debussy's only completed opera, 'Pelléas et Mélisande', with Lawrence Gilman's expert guide. Discover the intricacies of the love triangle between Prince Golaud, Mélisande, and Pelléas, as jealousy and obsession lead to tragedy. Gilman's masterful analysis of the French libretto, adapted from Maurice Maeterlinck's play, explores the opera's symbolism and Debussy's groundbreaking music. As a landmark in 20th-century music, 'Pelléas et Mélisande' remains a timeless work of art that captures the essence of human emotion and desire.

Pelleas & Melisande

Pelleas & Melisande
Author: Claude Debussy
Publisher: Alma Books
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2018-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0714544965

In this guide to Pelleas and Melisande, Maeterlinck's original play is reprinted in full, so that the opera lover can read the scenes that Debussy did not set to music. Hugh Macdonald's much praised English translation is published here for the first time, with an essay uncovering the musical roots of Pelleas and Melisande and illustrating its importance to the music of the twentieth century. Alain Raitt, author of several studies of symbolist writers, evaluates Maeterlinck's status as a dramatist, and Roger Nichols analyses the score. Proust's short pastiche of the opera and Arthur Symons's review of the first English performances challenge us to come to terms with this eternally intriguing masterpiece.Contents: Something Borrowed, Something New, Hugh Macdonald; A Musical Synopsis, Roger Nichols; Maeterlinck and the Theatre, Alan Raitt; Profound or Pretentious?, Nicholas John; Pelleas et Melisande: text by Maurice Maeterlinck; Pelleas and Melisande: English Translation by Hugh Macdonald

Pelléas and Melisande

Pelléas and Melisande
Author: Maurice Maeterlinck
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 79
Release: 2022-11-22
Genre: Art
ISBN:

This is a book based on Maurice Polydore's play. From 1932, Marie Bernard Maeterlinck was known as Count Maeterlinck. He was a Fleming-born Belgian dramatist, poet, and writer who wrote in French. Charles Alfred Byrne has translated this work. The narrative begins when Golaud discovers Mélisande on the side of a wooded river. He had lost his crown in the ocean but refused to retrieve it. They married, and he soon gained the heart of Arkl, Golaud's grandpa and sick King of Allemonde. He becomes interested in Pelleas, Golaud's brother. They came together by the fountain, where Mélisande had misplaced her wedding ring. Golaud grows suspicious of the lovers, has his son Yniold spy on them, and tracks them down when they are petting, where he murders Pelléas and injures Mélisande. She died later after giving birth to an odd baby girl.

Debussy's Resonance

Debussy's Resonance
Author: François De Médicis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 642
Release: 2018
Genre:
ISBN: 1580465250

Some of Debussy's most beloved pieces, as well as lesser-known ones from his early years, set in a rich cultural context by leading experts from the English- and French-speaking worlds.