Musical Encounters at the 1889 Paris World's Fair

by Annegret Fauser and Professor Annegret Fauser

The 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris has become famous as a turning point in the history of French music, and modern music generally. For the first time, Debussy and his fellow composers could be inspired by Javanese gamelan music, while the Russian concerts conducted by Rimsky-Korsakov brought recent music by the Mighty Five to Parisian ears. But the 1889 World's Fair had much wider musical and cultural ramifications; one contemporary described...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580461859
• ISBN13: 9781580461856
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"