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Close studies or analyses of the French symphony are relatively few. Thus this contribution ... is particularly important. Discussion of each symphony is tailored to the unique features of that work. Destined to become a standard resource, accessible for the interested novice. Summing Up: Essential. All readers. CHOICE (C. A. Traumpan-Carr) The latest addition to the outstanding Eastman Studies in Music series from the University of Rochester Press ... is an impressively informative work from beginning to end. Extraordinary and highly recommended addition to professional and academic library Music Studies reference collections and supplemental reading lists. MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW Well-written, thought-provoking, and fascinating ... Skillfully enlaces the musical with the sociopolitical. H-NET REVIEWS IN THE HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES (Nick Poulakis) Full review at: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=40514 Andrew Deruchie's The French Symphony at the Fin de Siecle is thoroughly researched, intelligently designed, and vividly narrated. This wonderful book should appeal to anyone who is interested not only in French music but also in the broader cultural and historical issues surrounding European classical music at the end of the nineteenth century. --Michael J. Puri, author of Ravel the Decadent: Memory, Sublimation, and Desire (Oxford 2011)

Andrew Deruchie's The French Symphony at the Fin de Siecle is thoroughly researched, intelligently designed, and vividly narrated. This wonderful book should appeal to anyone who is interested not only in French music but also in the broader cultural and historical issues surrounding European classical music at the end of the nineteenth century. --Michael J. Puri, author of Ravel the Decadent: Memory, Sublimation, and Desire (Oxford 2011)

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