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Table of Contents
Re-presenting Ravel: Artificiality and the Aesthetic of Imposture - Barbara L. Kelly
Adorno's Ravel - Michael J. Puri
Ravel's Approach to Formal Process: Comparisons and Contexts - Peter Kaminsky
Repetition as Musical Motion in Ravel's Piano Writing - Daphne N. Leong and David Korevaar
Playing with Models: Sonata Form in Ravel's String Quartet and Piano Trio - Sigrun Heinzelmann
Spiral and Self-Destruction in Ravel's "La valse" - Volker Helbing
Diatonic Expansion and Chromatic Compression in Maurice Ravel's Sonate pour violonet violoncelle - Elliott Antokoletz
Deception, Reality, and Changes of Perspective in Two Songs from Histoires Naturelles - Lauri Suurpää
Not Just a Pretty Surface: Ornament and Metric Complexity in Ravel's Piano Music - Gurminder K. Bhogal
The Child on the Couch; or, Toward a (Psycho)Analysis of L'enfant et les sortilèges - Peter Kaminsky
Reviews
Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, [Barbara Kelly] reveals how early tensions regarding Ravel's fame softened into mutual respect, especially from members of Les Six. . . . [Gurminder Bhogal extends] her ground-breaking research on the French arabesque [in] nuanced analyses. . . . Kaminsky and his colleagues are to be commended for moving us closer to understanding what makes [Ravel's] oeuvre so rich and alluring. FONTES ARTIS MUSICAE [Keith E. Clifton] Compelling new approaches to Ravel's music. Gives the reader insight into what makes Ravel's music the way it is -- its sources of influence and inspiration, its engagement with traditional norms, its setting of text, and its reception. [Helbing's chapter is] memorable. . . .[That by Leong and Korevaar is] illuminating. MUSIC THEORY ONLINE [Claire Sher Ling Eng] Full review at http://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.12.18.1/mto.12.18.1.eng.php
A collection of exceptional creativity and innovation. . . . Provides exceptional insight into the complexity of Ravel's unique formal approaches. . . . A potent reminder of the power of biography and criticism, with implications beyond Ravel scholarship. MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION NOTES [Timothy B. Cochran]
A superb, unique contribution to Ravel scholarship. . . Provide[s] both in-depth analysis and critical interpretation. SUMMING UP: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. CHOICE [R. Pitts]
This substantial and authoritative work contains state-of-the-art contributions in both the critical-historical and theoretical-analytical spheres. --Arnold Whittall, Professor Emeritus, King's College, London; author of Romantic Music: A Concise History from Schubert to Sibelius and coauthor of Music Analysis: In Theory and Practice.
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