For well over a century musicologists have been fascinated by composers' manuscripts and by the insights they might reveal about the nature of musical composition. This book suggests ways in which Debussy's sketches and drafts may be used to explain how he composed one of his last great symphonic scores: Ibéria (from Images for orchestra, 1903-10). Part 1 shows how we might understand the process of musical composition as a form of expert
problem solving; it describes the compositional history of the work, the various intentional goals and historical constraints that guided Debussy's thinking, and some of the technical problems Debussy faced while composing this remarkable score. Part 2 reconstructs the genesis of each of the three movements in
turn.
- ISBN10 0198161999
- ISBN13 9780198161998
- Publish Date 2 October 2003
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 8 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 194
- Language English