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Title: MUSIC AND THEATRE IN FRANCE 1600-1680
By: John S. Powell
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 0198165994
ISBN 13: 9780198165996
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Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pages: 598
Description: Music and Theatre in France 1600-1680 defines the musical practices of French drama from the arrival of the first repertory companies in Paris until the establishment of the Comedie-Francaise. The dynamic interaction of the performing arts gave rise to a set of musical conventions that informed Moliere's theatre as well as early French opera.
Synopsis: During the course of the 17th century, the dramatic arts reached a pinnacle of development in France; but despite the volumes devoted to the literature and theatre of the ancien regime, historians have largely neglected the importance of music and dance. This study defines the musical practices of comedy, tragicomedy, tragedy, and mythological and non-mythological pastoral drama, from the arrival of the first repertory companies in Paris until the establishment of the Comedie-Francaise. The dynamic interaction of the performing arts in primarily spoken theatre, cross-fertilized by ballet de cour and imported Italian opera, gave rise to a set of musical conventions that later informed the pastorale en musique and early French pastoral opera. The performance history of four comedies-ballets by Moliere, Lully, and Charpentier leads to a discussion of the musical and balletic performance practices of Moliere's theatre and the interconnections between Moliere's last comedie-ballet, Le Malade imaginaire, and Lully's first opera, Les Festes de l'Amour et de Bacchus.
Illustrations: 8 pp halftones plates, numerous music examples
Publication: UK
Imprint: Clarendon Press
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