Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the Translation and Revised Edition
- Introduction
- 1 An Unsettled Childhood: 1862–72
- 2 Failure of a Pianist: 1872–79
- 3 Birth of a Composer: 1880–82
- 4 The Path to the Prix de Rome: 1882–84
- 5 The Villa Medici: 1885–87
- 6 Beginning of the Bohemian Period: 1887–89
- 7 From Baudelaire to Mallarmé: 1890–91
- 8 Esotericism and Symbolism: 1892
- 9 The Chausson Year: 1893
- 10 A “Fairy Tale” Gone Awry: 1894
- 11 Pierre Louÿs; The Lean Years: 1895–96
- 12 Pelléas —The Long Wait: 1895–98
- 13 From Bachelorhood to Marriage: 1897–99
- 14 Nocturnes: 1900–1901
- 15 The Composer as Critic: 1901–3
- 16 Pelléas et Mélisande: 1902
- 17 From the Fêtes galantes to La mer: 1903
- 18 Debussyism; A New Life: 1904
- 19 La mer: 1905
- 20 Projects and Skirmishes: 1906–7
- 21 Orchestra Conductor: 1908
- 22 “The Procrastination Syndrome”: 1909
- 23 Orchestral Images and Piano Préludes: 1910
- 24 Le martyre de saint Sébastien: 1911
- 25 The Year of the Ballets: 1912
- 26 Jeux; Travel to Russia: 1913
- 27 The Final Trips: 1914
- 28 The War; Pourville: 1914–15
- 29 “The Factories of Nothingness”: 1916–18
- Notes
- Index of Works
- Subject Index
- Eastman Studies in Music
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2019
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the Translation and Revised Edition
- Introduction
- 1 An Unsettled Childhood: 1862–72
- 2 Failure of a Pianist: 1872–79
- 3 Birth of a Composer: 1880–82
- 4 The Path to the Prix de Rome: 1882–84
- 5 The Villa Medici: 1885–87
- 6 Beginning of the Bohemian Period: 1887–89
- 7 From Baudelaire to Mallarmé: 1890–91
- 8 Esotericism and Symbolism: 1892
- 9 The Chausson Year: 1893
- 10 A “Fairy Tale” Gone Awry: 1894
- 11 Pierre Louÿs; The Lean Years: 1895–96
- 12 Pelléas —The Long Wait: 1895–98
- 13 From Bachelorhood to Marriage: 1897–99
- 14 Nocturnes: 1900–1901
- 15 The Composer as Critic: 1901–3
- 16 Pelléas et Mélisande: 1902
- 17 From the Fêtes galantes to La mer: 1903
- 18 Debussyism; A New Life: 1904
- 19 La mer: 1905
- 20 Projects and Skirmishes: 1906–7
- 21 Orchestra Conductor: 1908
- 22 “The Procrastination Syndrome”: 1909
- 23 Orchestral Images and Piano Préludes: 1910
- 24 Le martyre de saint Sébastien: 1911
- 25 The Year of the Ballets: 1912
- 26 Jeux; Travel to Russia: 1913
- 27 The Final Trips: 1914
- 28 The War; Pourville: 1914–15
- 29 “The Factories of Nothingness”: 1916–18
- Notes
- Index of Works
- Subject Index
- Eastman Studies in Music
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- Claude DebussyA Critical Biography, pp. i - ivPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2019