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OPERA IN THE AGE OF ROUSSEAU
MUSIC, CONFRONTATION, REALISM |
| By: |
David Charlton |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£109.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521887607 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521887601 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
25 October, 2012 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Studies in Opera |
| Pages: |
436 |
| Description: |
A wide-ranging account of opera on stage and in society in the age of Rousseau, from Rameau to Gluck. |
| Synopsis: |
Historians of French politics, art, philosophy and literature have long known the tensions and fascinations of Louis XV's reign, the 1750s in particular. David Charlton's study comprehensively re-examines this period, from Rameau to Gluck and elucidates the long-term issues surrounding opera. Taking Rousseau's Le Devin du Village as one narrative centrepiece, Charlton investigates this opera's origins and influences in the 1740s and goes on to use past and present research to create a new structural model that explains the elements of reform in Gluck's tragedies for Paris. Charlton's book opens many new perspectives on the musical practices and politics of the period, including the Querelle des Bouffons. It gives the first detailed account of intermezzi and opere buffe performed by Eustachio Bambini's troupe at the Paris Opera from August 1752 to February 1754 and discusses Rameau's comedies Platee and Les Paladins and their origins. |
| Illustrations: |
17 b/w illus. 55 tables 100 music examples |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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