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'''Henri Prunières''', also called '''Henry Prunières''', pseudonym of '''''Henry Debusne''''' in his youth (24 May 1861, [[Paris]] – 11 April 1942 [[Nanterre]]) was a French [[musicologist]],<ref name=Wheeldon>{{cite book|last=Wheeldon|first=Marianne|title=Debussy's Late Style: Musical Meaning and Interpretation|year=2009|publisher=Indiana University Press|location=Paris|isbn=0253352398|page=114|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1FkkT9_z5jIC&pg=PA114&dq=Henry+Pruni%C3%A8res+1920+la+revue+musicale#v=onepage&q=Henry%20Pruni%C3%A8res%201920%20la%20revue%20musicale&f=false}}</ref> and international propagandist of contemporary art in various forms: music, dance, painting etc... He occupies, especially in music, an important place in the art world between the wars. His major contribution ''[[La Revue musicale]],''<ref name="Prunières">{{cite book|last=Prunières|first=Henry|title=La Revue musicale|year=1920|publisher=Editions de la Nouvelle revue française|page=57|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SXY9AQAAIAAJ&dq=Henry+Pruni%C3%A8res+1920+la+revue+musicale&q=Henry+Pruni%C3%A8res |ISSN=0768-1593}}</ref> a monthly musical periodical which he founded in 1920 and left in 1939,<ref name=Schmidt>{{cite book|last=Schmidt|first=Carl B.|title=Entrancing Muse: A Documented Biography of Francis Poulenc|year=2001|publisher=Pendragon Press|isbn=1576470261|page=484|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3PwZnS-YmocC&pg=PA484&dq=Henry+Pruni%C3%A8res+1939+la+revue+musicale#v=onepage&q=Henry%20Pruni%C3%A8res%201939%20la%20revue%20musicale&f=false}}</ref> is still a reference in the Western musical world.<ref name=Buch-Philidor>{{cite book|last=André Danican Philidor|first=David Joseph Buch|title=Dance Music from the "Ballets de Cour" 1575-1651 [Música Impresa]: Historical Commentary, Source Study, and Transcriptions from the Philidor Manuscripts|year=1993|publisher=Pendragon Press|isbn=0945193335|page=41|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bZi5WKmL0_IC&pg=PA41&dq=Henry+Pruni%C3%A8res#v=onepage&q=Henry%20Pruni%C3%A8res&f=false}}</ref>
'''Henri Prunières''', also called '''Henry Prunières''', pseudonym of '''''Henry Debusne''''' in his youth (24 May 1886, [[Paris]] – 11 April 1942 [[Nanterre]]) was a French [[musicologist]],<ref name=Wheeldon>{{cite book|last=Wheeldon|first=Marianne|title=Debussy's Late Style: Musical Meaning and Interpretation|year=2009|publisher=Indiana University Press|location=Paris|isbn=0253352398|page=114|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1FkkT9_z5jIC&pg=PA114&dq=Henry+Pruni%C3%A8res+1920+la+revue+musicale#v=onepage&q=Henry%20Pruni%C3%A8res%201920%20la%20revue%20musicale&f=false}}</ref> and international propagandist of contemporary art in various forms: music, dance, painting etc... He occupies, especially in music, an important place in the art world between the wars. His major contribution ''[[La Revue musicale]],''<ref name="Prunières">{{cite book|last=Prunières|first=Henry|title=La Revue musicale|year=1920|publisher=Editions de la Nouvelle revue française|page=57|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SXY9AQAAIAAJ&dq=Henry+Pruni%C3%A8res+1920+la+revue+musicale&q=Henry+Pruni%C3%A8res |ISSN=0768-1593}}</ref> a monthly musical periodical which he founded in 1920 and left in 1939,<ref name=Schmidt>{{cite book|last=Schmidt|first=Carl B.|title=Entrancing Muse: A Documented Biography of Francis Poulenc|year=2001|publisher=Pendragon Press|isbn=1576470261|page=484|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3PwZnS-YmocC&pg=PA484&dq=Henry+Pruni%C3%A8res+1939+la+revue+musicale#v=onepage&q=Henry%20Pruni%C3%A8res%201939%20la%20revue%20musicale&f=false}}</ref> is still a reference in the Western musical world.<ref name=Buch-Philidor>{{cite book|last=André Danican Philidor|first=David Joseph Buch|title=Dance Music from the "Ballets de Cour" 1575-1651 [Música Impresa]: Historical Commentary, Source Study, and Transcriptions from the Philidor Manuscripts|year=1993|publisher=Pendragon Press|isbn=0945193335|page=41|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bZi5WKmL0_IC&pg=PA41&dq=Henry+Pruni%C3%A8res#v=onepage&q=Henry%20Pruni%C3%A8res&f=false}}</ref>


Prunières received his doctorate at the Sorbonne in 1913, where he wrote his dissertations on Italian music in France before [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]] and the ballet de cour in France before Lully. Between 1924-1935, he worked as the music correspondent at the [[New York Times]]. He was also secretary and chairman of the International Music Society. Prunières was an important figure in the early 20th-century renewal of interest in Lully and his music.<ref>Howard, Patricia. "Prunières, Henry." Grove Music Online. Accessed 12.10.14</ref>
Prunières received his doctorate at the Sorbonne in 1913, where he wrote his dissertations on Italian music in France before [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]] and the ballet de cour in France before Lully. Between 1924-1935, he worked as the music correspondent at the [[New York Times]]. He was also secretary and chairman of the International Music Society. Prunières was an important figure in the early 20th-century renewal of interest in Lully and his music.<ref>Howard, Patricia. "Prunières, Henry." Grove Music Online. Accessed 12.10.14</ref>
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Revision as of 18:32, 13 January 2018

Henry Prunières in 1935

Henri Prunières, also called Henry Prunières, pseudonym of Henry Debusne in his youth (24 May 1886, Paris – 11 April 1942 Nanterre) was a French musicologist,[1] and international propagandist of contemporary art in various forms: music, dance, painting etc... He occupies, especially in music, an important place in the art world between the wars. His major contribution La Revue musicale,[2] a monthly musical periodical which he founded in 1920 and left in 1939,[3] is still a reference in the Western musical world.[4]

Prunières received his doctorate at the Sorbonne in 1913, where he wrote his dissertations on Italian music in France before Jean-Baptiste Lully and the ballet de cour in France before Lully. Between 1924-1935, he worked as the music correspondent at the New York Times. He was also secretary and chairman of the International Music Society. Prunières was an important figure in the early 20th-century renewal of interest in Lully and his music.[5]

Major works

  • Lully. Paris, 1910
  • La musique de la chambre et l'ecurie. Paris, 1912
  • Claudio Monteverdi. Paris, 1924
  • La vie et l'oeuvre de Claudio Monteverdi. Paris, 1924
  • Le vie illustre et libertine de Jean-Baptiste Lully. Paris, 1929
  • Cavalli et l'opera venitien au XVIIe siecle. Paris, 1931
  • Nouvelle histoire de la musique. Paris, 1934–6
  • J-B. Lully: Oeuvres completes. Paris, 1930–39, 10 vols.

References

  1. ^ Wheeldon, Marianne (2009). Debussy's Late Style: Musical Meaning and Interpretation. Paris: Indiana University Press. p. 114. ISBN 0253352398.
  2. ^ Prunières, Henry (1920). La Revue musicale. Editions de la Nouvelle revue française. p. 57. ISSN 0768-1593.
  3. ^ Schmidt, Carl B. (2001). Entrancing Muse: A Documented Biography of Francis Poulenc. Pendragon Press. p. 484. ISBN 1576470261.
  4. ^ André Danican Philidor, David Joseph Buch (1993). Dance Music from the "Ballets de Cour" 1575-1651 [Música Impresa]: Historical Commentary, Source Study, and Transcriptions from the Philidor Manuscripts. Pendragon Press. p. 41. ISBN 0945193335.
  5. ^ Howard, Patricia. "Prunières, Henry." Grove Music Online. Accessed 12.10.14

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