Vincent d'Indy and His World

by Andrew Thomson

Overview

Over sixty years after his death in 1931, Vincent d'Indy is still a much misunderstood and maligned figure in French music. Previous biographers have left a portrait of the academic figure par excellence, who turned the seemingly inspired and selfless inspiration of his master César Franck into a cold and authoritarian pedagogical system. This new study re-examines the evidence, reveals a much more psychologically complex and turbulent character, and finds that d'Indy was a tireless propagandist for a spiritual revival of French musical civilization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198162209
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/13/1997
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	5.63(w) x 8.81(h) x 0.74(d)
Lexile:	1470L (what's this?)

About the Author

Andrew Thompson is a freelance author and music critic.