Finding Reviews
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RIPM (Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals) This link opens in a new windowIf you can't read French, try searching for translated French reviews in English-language journals, or for reviews of French concerts written by English-speaking critics. In both cases, select "Custom Range" in Publications Date and enter the date range manually (don't use the calendar); select "Review" in Document Type; Limit language to English in the drop-down box.
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Gallica (Advanced Search)You can find concert reviews in Gallica, but it will take some effort, especially if you don't read French. Click on the link below for step-by-step instructions.
Books containing or discussing reviews
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First Nights
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Call Number: ML63 .K44 2000 (Music Library)ISBN: 0300077742Publication Date: 2000-05-11Includes reviews of Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring), which premiered in Paris in 1913. -
The Cambridge History of Music Criticism
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Call Number: ML3880 .C26 2019 (Music Library)ISBN: 9781107037892Publication Date: 2019Includes Delphine Mordey's essay, "Critical battlegrounds in the French Third Republic" -
The Cambridge Companion to Debussy
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Call Number: ebook (click on title)ISBN: 1280417587Publication Date: 2003Includes Déirdre Donnellon's essay, "Debussy as Musician and Critic" -
Paul Dukas: Legacies of a French Musician
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Call Number: ebook (click on title)ISBN: 9781138573246Publication Date: 2019Includes Laura Watson's essay, "Dukas, Critical Conversations, and Intellectual Legacies"
