Seminar in Piano Literature: French Piano Music 1880-1920
MUSC 6325
Dr. David Korevaar

Fall 2009
Tuesday 2-3:50, Room C121.

Course Calendar

Website for class information: http://spot.colorado.edu/~korevaar/

Professor Korevaar: C196; 303-492-6256; korevaar@colorado.edu

Course Description:
An in-depth look at French Piano Music, focusing on Fauré, Franck, Chabrier, Debussy, and Ravel. Elements of musical style, keyboard writing, favored genres, and performance practice will be included in the discussions.  Reading and listening assignments will supplement the in-class presentations by faculty and students.

Recommended Text:
Roy Howat. The Art of French Piano Music: Debussy, Ravel, Fauré, Chabrier. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009.

Assignments:
Reading and listening will be assigned regularly.  Keeping up with assignments is critical to making class participation and understanding as meaningful as possible, and will be taken into consideration in determining final grades.

Presentations and paper:
Each student will present one topic in class and write a paper of 10-15 pages based upon that topic. Presentations make take up to 45 minutes, followed by class discussion and questions.

Exams:
There will be a take-home final exam.

Attendance:
Given the amount of material to be presented quickly, as well as the participatory nature of the class, consistent attendance is necessary. Each student is allowed one unexcused absence, after which grades may be lowered one degree (e. g., “A” to “A-minus”) for each subsequent absence, excused or unexcused.  Students in good standing (one or zero unexcused absences and up-to-date on all assignments) will be allowed excused absences on a case-by-case basis only, at the discretion of the professor.

Grading:
Final exam: 25%
Presentation: 25%
Paper: 25%
Class participation (including attendance): 25%

Additional Texts (on reserve in the library):

Briscoe, James, ed. Debussy in Performance. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999.

Brody, Elaine. Paris: The Musical Kaleidoscope 1870-1925. New York: Braziller, 1987. ML270.8 P2 B93 1987.

Caballero, Carlo. Fauré and French Musical Aesthetics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. ML410.F27 C33 2001.

Calvocoressi, Michel Dmitri. Music and Ballet. ML423.C22 A3 1978.

Clinkscale, E., ed. A Musical Offering: Essays in Honor of Martin Bernstein. New York: Pendragon, 1977. ML55 B384 1977.

Dietschy, Marcel. A Portrait of Claude Debussy. Trans. William Ashbrook and Margaret G. Cobb. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. ML410.D28 D5513 1990

Howat, Roy. Debussy in Proportion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. MT92.D3 H7 1983.

Jankélévitch, Vladimir. Ravel. 1976. ML410.R23 J22 1976.

Korevaar, David. “Ravel’s Mirrors.” DMA Document, The Juilliard School, 2000. MT145. R19 K84 2000
Lockspeiser, Edward. Debussy: His Life and Mind, 2 vols. London: Cassel, 1962 and 1965. ML410.D28 L85 1962a v.1, v.2

Long, Marguerite. At the Piano with Debussy. Trans. Olive Senior-Ellis. London: Dent, 1972. MT145.D4 L63

________. At the Piano with Fauré. Trans. Olive Senior-Ellis. London: Dent, 1981. ML410.F27 L63 1981

________. Au Piano avec Ravel. Paris: Juilliard, 1971. MT145.R19 L6.

Mawer, Deborah, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Ravel. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. ML410.R23 C36 2000

Nectoux, Jean-Michel. Gabriel Fauré: A Musical Life. Trans. Roger Nichols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. ML410.F27 N43 1991

Orenstein, Arbie. Ravel, Man and Musician. New York: Dover, 1991. ML410.R23O73

________, ed. A Ravel Reader: Correspondence, Articles, Interviews. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990. ML410.R23 A4 1990.

Perlemuter, Vlado and Hélène Jourdan-Morhange. Ravel according to Ravel. Trans. Frances Tanner. London: Kahn and Averill, 1990. ML410.R23 P4513 1988.

Roberts, Paul. Images: The Piano Music of Claude Debussy. Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1996. ML410.D28 R56 1996.

Roland-Manuel. Maurice Ravel. Trans. Cynthia Jolly. New York: Dover, 1972 (reprint of London: Dobson 1942). ML410.R23 R65 1972.

Schmitz, E. Robert. The Piano Works of Claude Debussy. New York: Dover, 1966. MT145.D4 S3 1966.

Timbrell, Charles. French Pianism. London: Kahn and Averill, 1999. ML724.T54 1999.
 


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