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Article: Marguerite Long: A Life in French Music, 1874-1966.
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- March 1, 1995
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New music has always needed its champions, and never was there a more enthusiastic or tireless supporter of twentieth-century French piano literature than Marguerite Long. Uniquely qualified by private study with the greatest composers of her day, notably Gabriel Faure, Claude Debussy, and Maurice Ravel, she became a persuasive advocate of their music at a time when it was still considered quite advanced and not well known. Cecilia Dunoyer's new book presents an engaging portrait of the woman once esteemed as the grande dame of French music. It also provides a valuable perspective on the dynamic Parisian musical scene, from the fin de siecle and belle epoque through two wars ...
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