Table of Contents

Contents: Preface and Acknowledgements; The Life of Henri Dutilleux; Dutilleux's Early Works; The Influence of Literature on Dutilleux's Music: Proust and the Concept of Memory - Dutilleux and Baudelaire: Memory, Duality and Escapism; Referential Devices and Tonal Backgrounds; Dutilleux and the Visual Arts; Dutilleux's Compositional Process; Dutilleux and the Contemporary Musical World; Appendix: Chronological Catalogue of Dutilleux's Compositions; Bibliography; Index.

About the Author

Caroline Potter, Kingston University, UK

Reviews

�...a well-researched exposition of the facts of [Dutilleux�s] musical creativity... The Dutilleux conversations represent an invaluable source yet to be properly mined and should be considered essential reading for all scholars of French and twentieth-century music.� Notes