Proust as Musician by Jean-Jacques Nattiez
Does one need to know the rules of harmony to be considered a musician? Throughout A la recherche du temps perdu, and particularly ' Swann in Love', Proust displays a surprising sensitivity to the way music is heard, a sensitivity to which we owe some of the most beautiful writing on music. Through a study of the texts devoted to the Sonata and Septet of Vinteui, Jean-Jacques Nattiez demonstrates the fundamental role played by music in the evolution of the novel. He also shows how Debussy, Wagner and Beethoven provide the basis for a mystical quest whose goal is pure music and the literary absolute. Music as model for literature: this is the subject of Professor Nattiez's essay, which unravels the various musical themes running through Proust's work, and which thus constitutes a particularly clear and perceptive introduction to his writing.
"..pleasant reading for the specialist and non-specialist alike. It is agreeably written and smoothly translated...." Pauline Newman-Gordon, French Review
Professor emeritus of musicology at the Université de Montréal, Jean-Jacques Nattiez He is a well-known figure in the fields of music theory, musicology, and ethnomusicology, having written over a dozen works in these fields, several of which have been translated into English. Jonathan Goldman is a musicology associate professor at the Université de Montréal. He is the co-editor of The Dawn of Music Semiology with Jonathan Dunsby.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521028028 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521028027 |
| Title | Proust as Musician |
| Author | Jean-Jacques Nattiez |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2006-11-02 |
| Number of pages | 140 |
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