The influence of the Javanese gamelan on selected piano works of Claude-Achille Debussy

With rare exceptions, all the biographers of Claude Debussy mention the influence on the composer of the Javanese gamelan which appeared at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1889. Strangely, however, none of these historians discourse on the extent of this influence, nor on the way in which it i...

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Main Author: Bird, Catherine
Other Authors: Tuffin, Michael
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15670