The French Symphony at the Fin de Siecle

In this first full-length study of the symphony in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century France Andrew Deruchie provides extended critical discussion of seven of the most influential and frequently performed works of the era by Camille Saint-Saëns César Franck Édouard Lalo Vincent d'Indy and Paul Dukas. The volume explores how French symphonists reconciled Beethoven's legacy with the musical culture intellectual environment and political milieu of fin-de-siècle France pursuing issues of musical form and also moving beyond the notes to consider questions of meaning.<BR><BR>Andrew Deruchie is a lecturer in musicology at the University of Otago (New Zealand) specializing in French music of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.