Debussy Studies 2 (Cambridge Composer Studies)

Book info: Debussy Studies 2 (Cambridge Composer Studies) (Hardcover, 402 pages) – Cambridge University Press, 2025. Language: English.

Over a century after his death, Debussy remains prominent in concert programmes and international scholarly research. This collection showcases the latest developments in the field. It reflects new preoccupations in aesthetics, using an array of archival sources to piece together Debussy's literary tastes and influences, and drawing on philosophy and contemporaneous ideas about perception and cognition to explore the perceived links between Debussy's music, emotion and nature. The volume is notable for its embrace of the composer's earliest and latest works, which are often seen as unrepresentative of the 'real' Debussy. Its fresh approaches to analysis give new focus, in particular, to rhythm, metre, and the dance. It also reflects the current musicological preoccupation with performance and recording. Debussy Studies 2 ends with an assessment of the ways in which the scholarly debates immediately after his death have continued to influence our understanding one hundred years on. Editorial Reviews Book Description Presents the latest thinking on Debussy, his music and his continuing legacy from a broad range of scholarly perspectives. About the Author Barbara L. Kelly is Head of the School of Music at the University of Leeds and was the first woman to become President of the Royal Musical Association (2021-)23). She has published three books and four edited collections, including Music and Ultra-Modernism in France (2013) and Accenting the Classics (2023).

David J. Code was a Reader in Music at the School of Culture and Creative Arts of the University of Glasgow. After his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley, he published widely on Debussy, including a biography of the composer, and numerous journal articles and chapters.