Interpreting Discontinuity in the Late Works of Debussy

Many writers have commented upon formal discontinuity in Debussy’s music. Robert Sherlaw Johnson compares this discontinuity to the collage technique of Messiaen (1975:102-03); Robert Orledge describes it as mosaic construction (1982:170); Roy Howat refers to it as a definable system of block constr...

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Main Author: Marianne Wheeldon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Columbia University Libraries 2004-04-01
Series:Current Musicology
Online Access:https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/currentmusicology/article/view/5036