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The Correspondence of Camille Saint-Saëns and Gabriel Fauré

Sixty Years of Friendship

Jean-Michel Nectoux author J Barrie Jones translator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:17th Nov '04

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This English edition of Jean-Michel Nectoux’s collection of the complete correspondence of Saint-Saëns and Fauré features some 130 letters spanning the period from 1862 to 1920. Immensely significant to the study of French music, these letters throw light upon one of the longest-surviving friendships between two composers in the history of music. They also contain frank exchanges of views on such topics as the music of Wagner, Berlioz, Debussy, Franck and others; the state of musical education in France; and other important artistic figures of fin de siècle Paris including Puvis de Chavannes, Rodin and Fremiet. Barrie Jones’s skilful translation of this important body of correspondence captures the often playful, casual, but always stimulating language of both composers. These letters are frequently the sole source for dating certain compositions or discovering projects that were started but then abandoned. They constitute a primary source for appreciation of Saint-Saëns’s and Fauré’s compositions, opinions and working practices.

'... Nectoux's essays on the long relationship between the two composers, especially intriguing in the way it charts the mutual admiration of each other's music...' Classical Music '... this slim, beautifully rendered book...' The New Criterion 'This English translation of Jean-Michel Nectoux's edition of the complete correspondence of Saint-Saëns and Fauré is most welcome... correspondence that reads well in English and can certainly be recommended for library shelves...' Music and Letters

ISBN: 9780754632801

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

176 pages