| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 282 pages) : illustrations, music. |
| Series |
California studies in 20th-century music
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California studies in 20th-century music.
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| Note |
"Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Misdirection, or image, illusion, and musical motion -- Emblems of enchantment -- The machine bewitched -- Illusions of form and void -- Motion, illusion, and phantasmagoria in La Valse -- Conclusion: Time, space, sortilèges. |
| Summary |
"French composer Maurice Ravel was described by critics as a magician, conjurer, and illusionist. Scholars have been aware of this historical curiosity, but none so far have explained why Ravel attracted such critiques or what they might tell us about how to interpret his music. Magician of Sound examines Ravel's music through the lens of illusory experience, considering how timbre, orchestral effects, figure/ground relationships, and impressions of motion and stasis might be experienced as if they were conjuring tricks. Applying concepts from music theory, psychology, philosophy, and the history of magic, Jessie Fillerup develops an approach to musical illusion that newly illuminates Ravel's fascination with machines and creates compelling links between his music and other forms of aesthetic illusion, from painting and poetry to fiction and phantasmagoria. Fillerup analyzes scenes of enchantment and illusory effects in Ravel's most popular works, including Boléro, La Valse, Daphnis et Chloé, and Rapsodie espagnole, relating his methods and musical effects to the practice of theatrical conjurers. Drawing on a rich well of primary sources, Magician of Sound provides a new interdisciplinary framework for interpreting this enigmatic composer, linking magic and music"-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937 |
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Music and magic.
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MUSIC -- Individual Composer & Musician. |
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Music and magic |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fillerup, Jessie, 1976- Magician of sound. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021] 9780520379886 (DLC) 2020032179 |
| ISBN |
0520976967 (electronic book) |
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9780520976962 (electronic bk.) |
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9780520379886 (hardcover) |
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