Who Wrote the Vinteuil Sonata?

Started by Kullervo, November 09, 2008, 05:08:16 PM

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Kullervo

Blair Sanderson has a nice article on AllMusic with a few theories as to the inspiration for arguably the most famous piece of music never written. :)

Florestan

Beautiful article, thanks for posting it.

Quote from: Corey on November 09, 2008, 05:08:16 PM
Or was Claude Debussy's Violin Sonata, L. 140 the inspiration? Some readers might buy the notion, but it can't be credited, simply because it was composed too late. Proust certainly loved Debussy's music and may have developed Vinteuil from some aspects of his character, but Du côté de chez Swann was published in 1913, well before the appearance of Debussy's sonata, which dates between 1916 and 1917. Still, it's a pleasant piece of music and well worth hearing since it has a certain Proustian refinement and ambience

What if Debussy took upon himself the task of actually composing the Vinteuil sonata?  :)
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Guido

Cheers for this! I actually bought a CD of the Saint Saens sonatas and string quartets as a result of this!

QuoteWhat if Debussy took upon himself the task of actually composing the Vinteuil sonata?

Was Debussy aware of Proust's work?
Geologist.

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Florestan

Quote from: Guido on November 09, 2008, 11:41:59 PM
Was Debussy aware of Proust's work?

I don't know. It's just a speculation.
"Ja, sehr komisch, hahaha,
ist die Sache, hahaha,
drum verzeihn Sie, hahaha,
wenn ich lache, hahaha! "