Déodat de Séverac: Musical Identity in Fin de Siècle France

Robert Francis Waters

Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2008 - Music - 274 pages

This work is organised into three parts: 'Introduction, Biography, and Regionalist Philosophy', 'Compositions From the Paris Years, 1896-1909' and 'Catalonia and Catalan Music, 1910-1921'.

Contents

• 3: 54
• 4: 62
• Severac Christianity and Organ Music: 81
• Le Coeur du Moulin The Heart of the Mill: 113
• Piano Music: 145
• 9: 167
• Severacs Catalan Works: 197
• Conclusion: 243
• Bibliography: 255
• Index: 271

About the author

Robert F. Waters is Assistant Professor of Music History at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, just outside of New York City. As a musicologist, he did editorial work on the French text of music criticism written by Hector Berlioz, a project undertaken by the Center for Studies in Nineteenth-Century Music in collaboration with the Paris Conservatoire. Published articles include "Emulation and Influence: Japonisme and Western Music in fin de siècle Paris" for the British journal The Music Review. He has lectured and presented papers in Australia, Greece, England, and throughout the United States. As a journalist, Waters was a contributing music writer for the Washington Post for ten years, and as a former pianist, Waters studied with Santiago Rodriguez, Thomas Schumacher, and Daniel Ericourt.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Déodat de Séverac: Musical Identity in Fin de Siècle France
• Author: Robert Francis Waters
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2008
• ISBN: 0754641058, 9780754641056
• Length: 274 pages
• Subjects: Music / History & Criticism; Music / Individual Composer & Musician