UID:
almahu_9949386396602882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781000281521
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1000281523
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9780429268861
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0429268866
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9781000281484
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1000281485
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9781000281507
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1000281507
Series Statement:
Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Content:
French Music in Britain 1830-1914 investigates the presence, reception and influence of French art music in Britain between 1830 (roughly the arrival of grand opera' and opra comique in London) and the outbreak of the First World War. Five chronologically ordered chapters investigate key questions such as: * Where and to whom was French music performed in Britain in the nineteenth century? * How was this music received, especially by journal and newspaper critics and other arbiters of taste? * What characteristics and qualities did British audiences associate with French music? * Was the presence and reception of French music in any way influenced by Franco-British political relations, or other aspects of cultural transfer and exchange? * Were British composers influenced by their French contemporaries to any extent and, if so, in what ways? Placed within the wider social and cultural context of Britain's most ambiguous and beguiling international relationship, this volume demonstrates how French music became an increasingly significant part of the British musician's repertory and influenced many composers. This is an important resource for musicologists specialising in Nineteenth-Century Music, Music History and European Music. It is also relevant for scholars and researchers of French Studies and Cultural Studies.
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Notes -- 1 Franco-British cultural relations 1660-1830 -- Anglo-French political relations 1660-1700 -- Cultural transfers from France to Britain 1660-90 -- Cultural transfers from France to Britain 1690-1830 -- British attitudes to French music 1660-1830 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 2 From Auber to Meyerbeer, 1830-62 -- Franco-British political relations -- Cultural transfers from France to Britain
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The success of Auber -- Meyerbeer in London 1832-42 -- French opera seasons 1845-6 -- French opera -- as Italian opera -- Opéra comique: St James's Theatre, 1849-50 -- Beyond West End opera: concert music and the provinces -- The singular case of Berlioz 1840-62 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3 From Faust to Carmen, 1863-78 -- Franco-British political and cultural relations 1863-78 -- The ascendancy of Gounod -- 'An evil sign of the times': Offenbach and opéra bouffe -- Bizet and Carmen -- Beyond theatre: other French music in Britain 1863-78 -- The deaths of Meyerbeer, Berlioz and Auber -- Conclusion
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Notes -- 4 Fin-de-siècle: French music in Britain 1879-1900 -- Political and cultural relations 1879-1900 -- Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians -- Saint-Saëns in Britain -- Massenet -- 'Grand opera' in the West End, 1879-1900 -- After Offenbach: French operetta in the 1880s and '90s -- Concert music old and new: Berlioz, Gounod, Fauré and Chaminade -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5 Entente Cordiale: French music in Britain 1901-14 -- Franco-British political and cultural relations 1901-14 -- Theatre music: opera and operetta -- Concert music
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The 'modern French school': Debussy, Ravel and beyond -- Veterans revisited: Berlioz, Saint-Saëns and Fauré -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 6 Conclusions -- Notes -- Appendix: Selected first performances of French works in Britain, 1830-1914 -- Bibliography -- Primary sources (books only -- articles from newspapers, journals and serials are referenced in the main text) -- Secondary Literature -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version: Rodmell, Paul J. French Music in Britain 1830-1914. Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2020 ISBN 9781000281521
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429268861
