Format:
Online-Ressource (xxi, 413 p)
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Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780521887601
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in opera
Content:
A wide-ranging account of opera on stage and in society in the age of Rousseau, from Rameau to Gluck
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Cover; OPERA IN THE AGE OF ROUSSEAU; CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN OPERA; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTE TO THE TEXT; FRENCH OPERA REPERTORY 1742-1752; PART I Princely theatre; 1 Palaces and patronage: Le Devin and the 1754 Alceste; VERSAILLES; FONTAINEBLEAU, MARLY, COMPIÈGNE, CHOISY; THE QUEEN´S CONCERTS; THEATRE GROUP OF THE MARQUISE DE POMPADOUR; LE DEVIN AND MIXED PROGRAMMING; ALCESTE AND THE ADOPTION OF NEOCLASSICISM; EPILOGUE; 2 Acting: from convention to discipline; THE COMIC TRADITION; THE TRAGIC TRADITION; SCENES OF DESPAIR: RÉCITATIF OBLIGÉ
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CHORUS AND ACTING3 The Opéra: cycles versus changes; HISTORICISING `OLD REPERTORY´; QUESTIONS OF TRAGEDY; SACRIFICE AND PUBLIC GOOD; 4 The reality of pastoral, 1742-1752; PASTORAL MEANINGS; MAGICIANS AS MORAL AUTHORITIES; PUBLIC VIRTUE; CHORUSES AND MARCHES; `GALANT METAPHYSICS´; `PERFORMATIVE´ SONG; POMPADOUR´S `SONG-OPERAS´; 5 Le Devin du village: a contextual enquiry; ASPECTS OF LES MUSES GALANTES; PLUCHE IN THE WRITING OF LE DEVIN; THE COMPOSITION; SEDUCTION AND LUXURY; THE SYNTHESIS; ROUSSEAU´S PANTOMIME AND ROMANCE IN SCENE 8; PART II: Opinion; 6 Opera as a subject of debate
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`THE TRIUMPH OF MUSIC´A MODEL FOR THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF OPERA; ETHICAL ISSUES: DE LA RÉFORMATION DU THÉÂTRE; YOUNG ROUSSEAU; DE BROSSES; 7 The Querelle: 'two ridiculous theses'; THE VIRTUOSO ARIETTE; WRITING, LISTENING, MURMURING, HISSING; READERS AND WRITERS; ON THE MARGINS; 8 Visions of reform; QUINAULT VERSUS METASTASIO; JOURNALS AND THEIR STRATEGIES; DIDEROT/LACOMBE; NOVERRE´S DISTORTING MIRROR; PART III Italian opera for Paris; 9 Travelling opera; CIRCULATION OF INTERMEZZI AND OPERE BUFFE; REACTIONS IN LONDON; 10 'A real kick in the backside': Bambini's performances
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Princely theatre. Palaces and patronage : Le devin and the 1754 Alceste ; Acting : from convention to discipline ; The opéra : cycles versus changes ; The reality of pastoral, 1742-1752 ; Le devin du village : a contextual enquiry -- Opinion. Opera as a subject of debate ; The querelle : 'two ridiculous theses' ; Visions of reform -- Italian opera for Paris. Travelling opera ; 'A real kick in the backside' : Bambini's performances and their effect ; Creative consequences -- Towards European integration. New generations, new tastes ; In three acts : from Zai͏̈de to Les paladins ; In three acts : the replacement of Rameau.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
9781139782210
Additional Edition:
Print version Opera in the Age of Rousseau : Music, Confrontation, Realism
Language:
English
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