Signification, Objectification, and the Mimetic Uncanny in Claude Debussy’s “Golliwog’s Cakewalk”

On October 30, 1905, Emma Bardac gave birth to Claude Debussy’s only child, a daughter named Claude-Emma (1905-1919). Debussy was a doting father; he dedicated his 1908 piano suite entitled “Children’s Corner” to her, and named four of the six movement after her toys. One of them is called “Golliwo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Elizabeth de Martelly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Columbia University Libraries 2010-09-01
Series:Current Musicology
Online Access:https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/currentmusicology/article/view/5187

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