Details of Consequence

Details of Consequence examines a trait that is taken for granted and rarely investigated in fin-de-si?cle French music: ornamental extravagance. Considering why such composers as Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Gabriel Faur?, Igor Stravinsky, and Erik Satie, turned their attention to the seemingly innocuous and allegedly superficial phenomenon of ornament at pivotal moments of their careers, this ...