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Discusses Debussy's music in the context of pop culture

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Brown . . . has written a fascinating study of Claude Debussy's lifelong interest in popular music, the impact of his music on popular culture, and the migration of musical ideas, materials, and pieces between different cultural domains.

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Debussy Redux is a timely and original contribution to both popular music studies and Debussy scholarship, not least for the sheer wealth of examples that Brown has amassed of what he calls 'Debussy kitsch.'

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Debussy's Legacy
1. From Parisian Salon to Billboard Phenom
2. The Medium and the Message
3. Lights, Camera, Soundtrack!
4. In the Moog
5. "YoBaudelaire!"
6. The Schlock of the New
7. Assez Lent or Allegro non troppo?
8. Other Cultures, Other Sounds
Afterword: High and Low
Bibliography

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: 09/04/2012
      ISBN13: 9780253357168, 978-0253357168
      ISBN10: 253357160

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Discusses Debussy's music in the context of pop culture

      Trade Review

      Brown . . . has written a fascinating study of Claude Debussy's lifelong interest in popular music, the impact of his music on popular culture, and the migration of musical ideas, materials, and pieces between different cultural domains.

      * Choice *

      Debussy Redux is a timely and original contribution to both popular music studies and Debussy scholarship, not least for the sheer wealth of examples that Brown has amassed of what he calls 'Debussy kitsch.'

      * Music Theory Online *

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgements
      Introduction: Debussy's Legacy
      1. From Parisian Salon to Billboard Phenom
      2. The Medium and the Message
      3. Lights, Camera, Soundtrack!
      4. In the Moog
      5. "YoBaudelaire!"
      6. The Schlock of the New
      7. Assez Lent or Allegro non troppo?
      8. Other Cultures, Other Sounds
      Afterword: High and Low
      Bibliography

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