Background
DeVoto, Mark Bernard was born on January 11, 1940 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Bernard Augustine and Helen Avis (MacVicar) DeV.
(This new book on Debussy's music comprises analytical stu...)
This new book on Debussy's music comprises analytical studies of individual works not widely examined previously, including the Fantaisie for piano and orchestra, La Damoiselle Clue, Nuages, and Gigues among them. A discussion of the tonal structure of the first movement of La mer finds new relevance to the overused term "symphonic" in relation to Debussy's position in the history of French orchestral music. An extensive essay documents Debussy's "aural images" in his propensity for recycling his own musical ideas and quoting the music of other composers. A final lighthearted chapter, "Debussy and Ravel: How to Tell Them Apart," systematically addresses this century-old critics' conundrum.
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DeVoto, Mark Bernard was born on January 11, 1940 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Bernard Augustine and Helen Avis (MacVicar) DeV.
Bachelor, Harvard College, 1961; Master of Fine Arts, Princeton University, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1967.
Teacher Reed College, Portland, Oregon, 1964-1968, University New Hampshire, Durham, 1968-1981. Teacher department music Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, 1981-2000. Board member International Alban Berg Society, New York City, since 1975.
President Lili Boulanger Memorial Fund, Boston, 1985-1996, since 2007.
(This new book on Debussy's music comprises analytical stu...)
Member American Musicol. Society, Society Music Theory, Society for American Music, New England Conference Music Theorists, Harvard Museum Association.
Married Deanna Mirsky (divorced). Children: Emily Julia, Marya Ellen.