| Aesthetics of Opera in the Ancien Régime, 1647-1785 Contributor(s): Thomas, Downing A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521100976 ISBN-13: 9780521100977 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $54.14 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: This study recognizes the broad impact of opera in early-modern French culture. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Opera - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: 782.109 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Opera |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6" W x 9" (1.35 lbs) 420 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first study to recognize the wider picture of opera within early-modern French culture. Downing Thomas considers the place of music within a cultural environment--the employment of music by Louis XIV as a symbol of absolutism; the use of music as a statement against the monarchy; and the long-term development of opera as a reflection of humanism. Thomas examines key works by Lully, Rameau, and Charpentier, among others, and extends his reach from the late seventeenth century to the end of the eighteenth. |
Contributor Bio(s): Thomas, Downing a.: - Downing A. Thomas is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of French and Italian at the University of Iowa. He is the author of Music and the Origins of Language: Theories from the French Enlightenment (Cambridge University Press, 1995), and co-editor of Empire and Occupation in France and the Francophone Worlds, a special issue of Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature (1999). He has also published numerous articles. |