THE HOMAGE TO DEBUSSY AT THE THÉÂTRE DES CHAMPS-ELYSÉES. Issue 3 (4th May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Blanchot, Maurice; Holland, Michael
• Is Part Of: Angelaki. Volume 23:Issue 3(2018)
• Page Start: 10
• Page End: 13
• Publication Date: 2018-05-04
• Subjects: Blanchot -- Debussy -- music -- race -- nation; Literature -- Criticism and interpretation -- Periodicals; Philosophy -- Periodicals; Political science -- Periodicals; 100
• DOI: 10.1080/0969725X.2018.1473922
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0969-725X

Abstract

Abstract: Michael Holland presents an early and little-known article by Maurice Blanchot, whose subject is the memorial concert in honour of Claude Debussy which took place in Paris in June 1932, following the unveiling of a monument to the composer earlier in the day. Blanchot provides a detailed account of the concert, emphasising the international co-operation that lay behind the expression of national pride, and arguing, against the grain of contemporary opinion, that the pure art of music transcends any notion of national genius.