by devries | Dec 2, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
This semester, my papers have been centered around what seems like a random collection of topics: female composer Germaine Tailleferre, the Concerts Colonne, and Francis Poulenc’s Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon (its premiere and how course themes relate). Some...
by devries | Nov 9, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
Dorf and Moore are sure of their convictions in their writing, but they haven’t fully convinced me. I understand how Dorf applied sapphonics to Satie’s Socrate, but the Sapphonic concept itself that Wood writes about in “Queering the Pitch” is...
by devries | Oct 23, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
To be honest, I have not delved too deeply into researching about the Concerts Colonne…yet! However, I do have a plan for what I’m going to look into. I have already discovered some about what music the group typically performed and a bit about its musical...
by devries | Oct 14, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
There are almost as many cultural interpretations of negrophilia in the 1920s as there pieces of information available about Josephine Baker and performances of La Revue Nègre in particular. There were some positive responses, a few fence-riders, and clearly very...
by devries | Sep 28, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
There’s a plethora of information about Les Six and how they influenced French music, but my question is, how did Germaine function within the group? We know she was the only female member. Many sources will mention dry facts…about their music, its...
