French music and jazz in conversation : from Debussy to Brubeck /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mawer, Deborah, 1961- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Ebook Library
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Series:	Music since 1900.
Subjects:	Music > France > 20th century > History and criticism. Jazz > History and criticism. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction
French music and jazz: cultural exchange; Part I. Locations and Relations: 1. A historical-cultural overview; 2. Critical-analytical perspectives: intertextuality and borrowing; Part II. The Impact of Early Jazz upon French Music (1900-1935): 3. Debussy and Satie: early French explorations of cakewalk and ragtime; 4. Milhaud's understanding of jazz and blues: La Creation du monde; 5. Crossing borders: Ravel's theory and practice of jazz; Part III. The Impact of French Music upon Jazz (1925-1965): 6. Hylton's interwar 'jazzed' arrangements of French classics; 7. (Re)moving boundaries? Russell's Lydian jazz theory and its rethinking of Debussy and Ravel; 8. Bill Evans's modal jazz and French music reconfigured; 9. Milhaud and Brubeck: French classical teacher and American jazz student.