In memory of Claude Debussy

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Posted on 30 March 2012

Barbara Kelly, Professor of Musicology, has returned from two international events in honour of the 150th anniversary of Claude Debussy's birth.

Professor Kelly was invited to participate in the Paris celebrations, which were funded by the French Ministry of Culture and CNRS. 

She gave a paper entitled 'L'Héritage de Debussy dans les années vingt: Prunières, Vallas et Vuillermoz'. The event, which was introduced by contemporary composer, Pierre Boulez, enabled her to present findings from her British Academy-funded research on Léon Vallas.
 
Professor Kelly also participated in the Montréal Debussy Festival at l'Université de Montréal, giving a paper entitled 'Writing Early Debussy in Interwar France'. 

Her paper, which was part of a themed session on Debussy biography in the interwar period, enabled her to take her research on Debussy legacy in a new direction. 

Both events included series of public concerts with premières of recently completed works of the composer.

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