On Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 11:26:56 AM UTC-7, Lawrence Kart wrote:
D'Indy sounds less French to me than
other Gallic composers of his vintage..
From La Wikipédia:
"D'Indy played an important part in the
history of the Société nationale de
musique, of which his teacher, Franck,
had been a founding member in 1871.
Like Franck, d'Indy revered German
music, and he resented the society's
exclusion of non-French music and
composers".
D'Indy was an interesting case. He
was born in 1851, 11 years before
Debussy, and died in 1931, 13 years
after Debussy.
He studied with Franck, his style
and musical language pre-date
Debussy. However in his later
works one can hear Debussy's
influence. I find the comparison
between Debussy's La Mer and
d'Indy's Poème des rivages very
interesting. The latter sounds in
places like a blend of Franck and
Debussy.
dk
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