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Music and Theatre in France 1600-1680 (Hardcover) Loot Price: R13,840
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Music and Theatre in France 1600-1680 (Hardcover): John S. Powell

Music and Theatre in France 1600-1680 (Hardcover)

John S. Powell

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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.

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Imprint: Clarendon Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: September 2000
Authors: John S. Powell (Associate Professor of Music History, School of Music)
Dimensions: 242 x 164 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 598
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-816599-6
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > Opera
Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > Musical theatre
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750)
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General
Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750)
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LSN: 0-19-816599-4
Barcode: 9780198165996

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