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Monstrous Opera - Rameau and the Tragic Tradition (Hardcover)
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Monstrous Opera - Rameau and the Tragic Tradition (Hardcover)
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
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One of the foremost composers of the French Baroque operatic
tradition, Rameau is often cited for his struggle to steer lyric
tragedy away from its strict Lullian form, inspired by spoken
tragedy, and toward a more expressive musical style. In this fresh
exploration of Rameau's compositional aesthetic, Charles Dill
depicts a much more complicated figure: one obsessed with
tradition, music theory, his own creative instincts, and the
public's expectations of his music. Dill examines the ways Rameau
mediated among these often competing values and how he interacted
with his critics and with the public. The result is a sophisticated
rethinking of Rameau as a musical innovator. In his compositions,
Rameau tried to highlight music's potential for dramatic meanings.
But his listeners, who understood lyric tragedy to be a poetic
rather than musical genre, were generally frustrated by these
attempts. In fact, some described Rameau's music as
monstrous--using an image of deformity to represent the failure of
reason and communication. Dill shows how Rameau answered his
critics with rational, theoretical arguments about the role of
music in lyric tragedy. At the same time, however, the composer
sought to placate his audiences by substantially revising his
musical texts in later performances, sometimes abandoning his most
creative ideas. Monstrous Opera illuminates the complexity of
Rameau's vision, revealing not only the tensions within the music
but also the conflicting desires that drove the man--himself
caricatured by his contemporaries as a monster. Originally
published in 1998. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest
print-on-demand technology to again make available previously
out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton
University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of
these important books while presenting them in durable paperback
and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is
to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in
the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press
since its founding in 1905.
General
Imprint: |
Princeton University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Princeton Legacy Library |
Release date: |
April 2016 |
First published: |
1998 |
Authors: |
Charles Dill
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Trade binding
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Pages: |
220 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-691-63333-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Performing arts >
Theatre, drama >
Opera
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LSN: |
0-691-63333-9 |
Barcode: |
9780691633336 |
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