Music And The French Enlightenment
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Music And The French Enlightenment
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Author : Cynthia Verba
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017
Music And The French Enlightenment written by Cynthia Verba and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with History categories.
"Prompted by controversial views of the composer-theorist Jean-Philippe Rameau, the leading figures of the French Enlightenment engaged in a vigorous philosophical debate about the nature of music. Their dialogue was one of extraordinary depth and richness, and dealth with some of the most fundamental issues of the French Enlightenment. In the newly revised edition of 'Music and the French Enlightenment', Cynthia Verba updates this fascinating story with the prolific scholarship that has emerged since the book was first published." -- rear cover.
Music And The French Enlightenment
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Author : Cynthia Verba
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1993
Music And The French Enlightenment written by Cynthia Verba and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
Around the middle of the eighteenth century the leading figures of the French Enlightenment engaged in a philosophical debate about the nature of music. The principal participants - Rousseau, Diderot, and d'Alembert - were responding to the views of the composer-theorist Jean-Philippe Rameau, who was both a participant and increasingly a subject of controversy. The discussion centred upon three different events occurring roughly simultaneously. The first was Rameau's formulation of the principle of the fundamental bass - a principle which explained the structure of chords and their progression. The second was the writing of the Encyclopedie, edited by Diderot and d'Alembert with articles on music by Rousseau. The third was the 'Querelle des Bouffons', over the relative merits of Italian comic opera and French tragic opera. The philosophes, in the typical manner of Enlightenment thinkers, were able to move freely from the broad issues of philosophy and criticism, to the more technical questions of music theory, considering music as both art and science. Their dialogue was one of extraordinary depth and richness and dealt with some of the most fundamental issues of the French Enlightenment. This book traces the development of the ideas discussed and reveals the vigour with which they were debated. It reconstructs the link between music theory and criticism that has been lost over time. It also presents extensive passages from the debate in English translation for the first time. In explaining fully the various aesthetic, philosophical, scientific, as well as musical issues involved, it will be of relevance to Enlightenment scholars of many disciplines.
Music And The French Enlightenment
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Author : Cynthia Verba
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Music And The French Enlightenment written by Cynthia Verba and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with categories.
Music And The Origins Of Language
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Author : Downing A. Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1995-06-15
Music And The Origins Of Language written by Downing A. Thomas and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-06-15 with History categories.
This study analyses reflections on music and considers ways in which it facilitates links between language and meaning.
Rameau And Musical Thought In The Enlightenment
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Author : Thomas Christensen
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2004-12-16
Rameau And Musical Thought In The Enlightenment written by Thomas Christensen and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-12-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Ranging widely over the musical and intellectual thought of the eighteenth century, Thomas Christensen orients Rameau's accomplishments in the light of contemporaneous traditions of music theory as well as many of the scientific ideas current in the French Enlightenment. Rameau is revealed to be an unsuspectedly syncretic and sophisticated thinker, betraying influences ranging from neoplatonic thought and Cartesian mechanistic metaphysics to Locke's empirical psychology and Newtonian experimental science. Additional primary documents and manuscripts (many revealed here for the first time) help clarify Rameau's fascinating and stormy relationship with the Encyclopedists: Diderot, Rousseau, and d'Alembert." "This book will be of value to all music theorists concerned with the foundations of harmonic tonality and it should also be of interest to scholars of eighteenth-century science, the Enlightenment, and the general history of ideas."--BOOK JACKET.
Music Pantomime And Freedom In Enlightenment France
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Author : Hedy Law
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2020
Music Pantomime And Freedom In Enlightenment France written by Hedy Law and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Enlightenment categories.
How did composers and performers use the lost art of pantomime to explore and promote the Enlightenment ideals of free expression?
French Music From The Enlightenment To Romanticism
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Author : Jean Mongrédien
language : en
Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
Release Date : 1996
French Music From The Enlightenment To Romanticism written by Jean Mongrédien and has been published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Music categories.
This is the first book to focus exclusively on French music history from the late eighteenth century to the early nineteenth century. Painting a full picture of the musical works and genres in vogue at the time - from revolutionary hymns and operas to sacred, symphonic, and instrumental music - the author aims to fill the gap in music history that separates the Age of Enlightenment from romanticism in France. He describes the history of the institutions that supported the growing feverish musical activity, including the musical theaters of Paris, the Conservatoire, the Tuileries Chapel, and various concert societies. Against the background of French criticism of contemporary German music, namely that of Mozart and Beethoven, he evokes the great esthetic debates of the time. His conclusion?
Music And The French Enlightenment
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Author : Cynthia Verba
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Music And The French Enlightenment written by Cynthia Verba and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Enlightenment categories.
Around the middle of the eighteenth century, the leading figures of the French Enlightenment engaged in a philosophical debate about the nature of music, prompted by the controversial views of the composer-theorist Jean-Philippe Rameau. Their dialogue was one of extraordinary depth and richness and dealt with some of the most fundamental issues of the French Enlightenment. In the newly revised edition of 'Music and the French Enlightenment', Cynthia Verba updates this fascinating story with the prolific scholarship that has emerged since the book was first published.
Music In The French Royal Academy Of Sciences
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Author : Albert Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2014-07-14
Music In The French Royal Academy Of Sciences written by Albert Cohen and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-14 with Music categories.
This book describes a colorful period in French social and cultural history, during which music and science combined to provide the intellectual and aesthetic spirit of the Age of Enlightenment with an enormous vitality. Investigating the place assigned to music in France's preeminent scientific institution, the Paris Academy, the author shows the role played by the scientific movement in the evolution of musical thought prior to the Revolution. Originally published in 1982. 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.
Dramatic Expression In Rameau S Trag Die En Musique
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Author : Cynthia Verba
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-02-21
Dramatic Expression In Rameau S Trag Die En Musique written by Cynthia Verba and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-21 with Music categories.
Cynthia Verba's book explores the story of music's role in the French Enlightenment, focusing on dramatic expression in the musical tragedies of the composer-theorist Jean-Philippe Rameau. She reveals how his music achieves its highly moving effects through an interplay between rational design, especially tonal design, and the portrayal of feeling and how this results in a more nuanced portrayal of the heroine. Offering a new approach to understanding Rameau's role in the Enlightenment, Verba illuminates important aspects of the theory-practice relationship and shows how his music embraced Enlightenment values. At the heart of the study are three scene types that occur in all of Rameau's tragedies: confession of forbidden love, intense conflict and conflict resolution. In tracing changes in Rameau's treatment of these, Verba finds that while he maintained an allegiance to the traditional French operatic model, he constantly adapted it to accommodate his more enlightened views on musical expression.