Contents
- Part I . Paris: City, Politics, and Society:
- 1. Paris, the city Martin Guerpin;
- 2. Paris and the nation's politics Federico Lazzaro;
- 3. Beyond Paris Lola San Martín Arbide;
- 4. Feminine beginnings: women's critical perspectives on Debussy (1897–1914) Christopher Moore;
- 5. Consumption and leisure H. Hazel Hahn;
- Part II . The Arts:
- 6. Debussy's impressionism interrogated Richard Langham Smith;
- 7. Symbolism François de Médicis;
- 8. Modernism Michel Duchesneau;
- 9. Wagnérisme Steven Huebner;
- 10. Japonisme, collecting, and the expositions universelles Matthew Brown;
- 11. Crosscurrents in Debussy's creative world Annegret Fauser;
- Part III . People and Milieu:
- 12. Debussy and the family in third republic France Kym White;
- 13. Romantic relationships Marianne Wheeldon;
- 14. Relationships with poets and other literary figures Caroline Potter;
- 15. Publishers Denis Herlin;
- 16. Composers with whom Debussy was associated Laura Watson;
- 17. Music education and the prix de Rome Julia Lu and Kenji Fujimura;
- Part IV . Musical Life: Infrastructure And Earning a Living:
- 18. The jobbing composer-musician Denis Herlin;
- 19. Parisian opera institutions: a framework for creation Hervé Lacombe;
- 20. Société nationale and other institutions Michael Strasser;
- 21. Debussy Noctambule and Parisian popular culture Sarah Gutsche-Miller;
- 22. Music criticism and related writing in Paris Michel Duchesneau;
- Part V . The Music of Debussy's Time
- 23. Composing for opera and theatre outside established genres Hervé Lacombe;
- 24. Ballet and dance David J. Code;
- 25. Orchestral music and symphonic traditions Andrew Deruchie;
- 26. Chamber music Matthew Brown;
- 27. Song and choral music David J. Code;
- 28. The piano Gurminder Kaur Bhogal;
- Part VI . Performers, Reception, and Posterity:
- 29. Performers and performance Simon Trezise;
- 30. Early music Catrina Flint de Médicis;
- 31. Performance today: hearing Debussy anew on period instruments Brian Hart;
- 32. Debussy today Matthew Brown; Further Reading; Index.