Vincent d'Indy and His World

by Andrew Thomson

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 C sar Franck into a cold and authoritarian pedagogical system. This new study re-examines the evidence, reveals a much more psychologically complex and turbulent character,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198162200
• ISBN13: 9780198162209
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"