The Overtures Of Daniel Fran Ois Esprit Auber
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Daniel Fran Ois Esprit Auber
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Author : Robert Ignatius Letellier
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2012-04-25
Daniel Fran Ois Esprit Auber written by Robert Ignatius Letellier and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-25 with Music categories.
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782–1871) was long considered one of the most typically French as well as one of the most successful of the opera composers of the 19th century. Although musically gifted, he initially chose commerce as a career, but soon realized that his future lay in music. He studied under Cherubini, and it was not long before his opéra-comique La Bergère Châteleine (1820), written at the age of 38, established him as an operatic composer. Perhaps the greatest turning point in Auber’s life was his meeting with the librettist Eugène Scribe (1791–1861), with whom he developed a long and illustrious working partnership that only ended with Scribe’s death. Success followed success; works such as Le Maçon (1825) and La Muette de Portici (1828) brought Auber public fame and official recognition. In 1829 he was appointed a member of the Institut, in 1839 Director of Concerts at Court, in 1842 Director of the Conservatoire, in 1852 Musical Director of the Imperial Chapel, and in 1861 Grand Officer of the Légion d’Honneur. Auber seems to have been fated to live in revolutionary times; during his long life no less than four revolutions took place in France (1789, 1830, 1848, 1870). Auber’s famous historical grand opera La Muette de Portici (also known by its hero’s name as Masaniello) is perhaps unsurprisingly based on revolution, depicting the 1647 Neapolitan uprising against Spanish rule. It is a key work in operatic history, and has a revolutionary history itself: it was a performance of this work in Brussels in 1830 that helped spark the revolution that led to the separation of Belgium from Holland. It was a revolution that hastened Auber’s death at the old age of 89. He died on 12 May 1871 as a result of a long illness aggravated by the privations and dangers of the Siege of Paris. He had refused to leave the city he had always loved, even after his house had been set on fire by the petroleurs et petroleuses. In a twist of fate, a mark had been placed on the house of the composer of Masaniello, the very voice of Romantic liberty! Auber’s overtures were once instantly recognizable, favourites of the light Classical repertoire. His gracious melodies and dance rhythms had a huge influence, both on piano and instrumental music, and on the genre of Romantic comic opera, especially in Germany. Musical tastes and fashions have changed, and contemporary audiences are more accustomed to the heavier fare of verismo, Wagnerian transcendentalism, and twentieth-century experimentalism. The operas themselves, apart from Fra Diavolo (1830), are seldom performed, yet Auber’s elegant, delicate and restrained art remains as appealing to the discerning listener as ever it was. L’Enfant prodigue, an opéra in five acts, with libretto by Eugène Scribe, was first performed at the Académie nationale de musique (Salle de la rue Le Peletier) on 6 December 1850. The story is derived from the famous parable in St Luke’s Gospel (ch. 15). The scene is set in Old Testament times, in Ancient Israel and Egypt. Azaël, the only son of Reuben, a poor Israelite, leaves the paternal home and his betrothed Jephtèle to go and sample the pleasures promised by the great city of Memphis. He ruins himself in gambling and is seduced by the courtesan Nephté and the dancer Lia. Rejected and destitute, he is rescued from the Nile in act 4 by the leader of a caravan, and is reduced to tending a flock of sheep. In the final act the prodigal son comes to his senses, and returns home to throw himself into his loving father’s arms. Scribe produced a libretto without dramatic action, which, however, provided good static situations for the composer. The orchestral details are full of subtle interest and charm. The overture is the longest Auber wrote (466 bars). It is divided into three main sections, focusing attention on the tragic aspects of the story. The music unfolds the programme of the action, rehearsing the scenario in symbolic transmutation. The fleshpots of Egypt are conjured up and then in ecstatic mood the music captures the pathos of the return of the penitent sinner and his welcome back into his family. The theme of prodigality has been transposed into one of restitution. Auber achieves a symbolically effective and sonorous introduction to this operatic recounting of the Biblical parable. The essence of the story is enshrined in Scribe’s dignified paraphrase of the brief Gospel passage “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired servants” (Luke 15:18–19): “Oui, j’irai vers mon père”. This is the key moment of decision and soul-searching in the opera, and carries the story’s emotional burden and spiritual implication. The work is dominated by the figure of the patriarch Reuben, with his act 1 aria “Toi qui versas la lumière”, and in act 2 the romance (“Il est un enfant d’Israël”), with its recitative of biblical simplicity. The final air of recognition (“Mon fils, c’est toi”) is possibly the most touching piece in the whole work: indeed, it attains a veritable grandeur. A special aspect of the opera is the dance sequence in act 2—No. 10 Scène, containing 5 Airs de ballet, as part of the celebrations of the sacred bull Apis. The music is very light, gracious and delicate, full of buoyancy and chamber-like textures. L’Enfant prodigue was produced only once, with no reprise, a total of 44 performances. The original cast was: Jean-Étienne-Auguste Massol; Gustave-Hippolyte Roger; Mlle Pauline-Eulalie Dameron; Louis-Henri Obin; Fleury; Koenig, Guignot, Ferdinand Prévôt; Molinier; Mme Laborde; Mlle Marie-Adolphine Petit-Brière; and Mlle Adèle Plunkett. The opera was translated into English, Italian and German and produced in Brussels, London, Graz, Vienna, Munich, Florence and New York until 1875.
Cyclopedia Of Music And Musicians Abaco Dyne
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Author : John Denison Champlin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1888
Cyclopedia Of Music And Musicians Abaco Dyne written by John Denison Champlin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1888 with Music categories.
The French Revolution And The Birth Of Modernity
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Author : Ferenc Fehér
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-11-10
The French Revolution And The Birth Of Modernity written by Ferenc Fehér and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-10 with History categories.
Written from widely different perspectives, these essays characterize the Great Revolution as the dawn of the modern age, the grand narrative of modernity. The scope of issues under scrutiny is extremely broad, ranging from the analyses of the hotly debated class character of 1789 and the problem of the nation state to the “Cult of the Supreme Being,” the emancipation of the Jews, and the cultural heritage of the Revolution. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.
The Wedding Of The Dead
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Author : Gail Kligman
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-04-28
The Wedding Of The Dead written by Gail Kligman and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-28 with Social Science categories.
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1988.
The Hutchinson Concise Dictionary Of Music
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Author : Barrie Jones
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-06-03
The Hutchinson Concise Dictionary Of Music written by Barrie Jones and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-03 with Music categories.
The Hutchinson Concise Dictionary of Music, in 7,500 entries, retains the breadth of coverage, clarity, and accessibility of the highly acclaimed Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Music, from which it is derived. Tracing its lineage to the Everyman Dictionary of Music, now out of print, it boasts a distinguished heritage of the finest musical scholarship. This book provides comprehensive coverage of theoretical and technical music terminology, embracing the many genres and forms of classical music, clearly illustrated with examples. It also provides core information on composers and comprehensive lists of works from the earliest exponents of polyphony to present-day composers.
Colonial Situations
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Author : George W. Stocking
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Release Date : 1991-10-01
Colonial Situations written by George W. Stocking and has been published by Univ of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-10-01 with Social Science categories.
As European colonies in Asia and Africa became independent nations, as the United States engaged in war in Southeast Asia and in covert operations in South America, anthropologists questioned their interactions with their subjects and worried about the political consequences of government-supported research. By 1970, some spoke of anthropology as “the child of Western imperialism” and as “scientific colonialism.” Ironically, as the link between anthropology and colonialism became more widely accepted within the discipline, serious interest in examining the history of anthropology in colonial contexts diminished. This volume is an effort to initiate a critical historical consideration of the varying “colonial situations” in which (and out of which) ethnographic knowledge essential to anthropology has been produced. The essays comment on ethnographic work from the middle of the nineteenth century to nearly the end of the twentieth, in regions from Oceania through southeast Asia, the Andaman Islands, and southern Africa to North and South America. The “colonial situations” also cover a broad range, from first contact through the establishment of colonial power, from District Officer administrations through white settler regimes, from internal colonialism to international mandates, from early “pacification” to wars of colonial liberation, from the expropriation of land to the defense of ecology. The motivations and responses of the anthropologists discussed are equally varied: the romantic resistance of Maclay and the complicity of Kubary in early colonialism; Malinowski’s salesmanship of academic anthropology; Speck’s advocacy of Indian land rights; Schneider’s grappling with the ambiguities of rapport; and Turner’s facilitation of Kaiapo cinematic activism. “Provides fresh insights for those who care about the history of science in general and that of anthropology in particular, and a valuable reference for professionals and graduate students.”—Choice “Among the most distinguished publications in anthropology, as well as in the history of social sciences.”—George Marcus, Anthropologica
Music Lovers Encyclopedia
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Author : Rupert Hughes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1919
Music Lovers Encyclopedia written by Rupert Hughes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1919 with Music categories.
Historical Dictionary Of World War Ii France
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Author : Bertram M. Gordon
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1998-06-25
Historical Dictionary Of World War Ii France written by Bertram M. Gordon and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-06-25 with History categories.
Annotation Includes over 400 entries from the 1938 Munich Crisis to the trial of former Vichy official Maurice Papon.
Leibniz And The Kabbalah
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Author : A.P. Coudert
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-03-14
Leibniz And The Kabbalah written by A.P. Coudert and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-14 with Philosophy categories.
The general view of scholars is that the Kabbalah had no meaningful influence on Leibniz's thought. } But on the basis of new evidence I am convinced that the question must be reopened. The Kabbalah did influence Leibniz, and a recognition of this will lead to both a better understanding of the supposed "quirkiness,,2 of Leibniz's philosophy and an appreciation ofthe Kabbalah as an integral but hitherto ignored factor in the emergence of the modem secular and scientifically oriented world. During the past twenty years there has been increasing willingness to recognize the important ways in which mystical and occult thinking contributed to the development of science and the emergence 3 of toleration. However, the Kabbalah, particularly the Lurianic Kabbalah with its monistic vitalism and optimistic philosophy of perfectionism and universal salvation, has not yet been integrated into the new historiography, although it richly deserves to be. On the basis of manuscripts in libraries at Hanover and Wolfenbiittel, it is clear that Leibniz's relationship with Francis Mercury van Helmont (1614- 1698) and Christian Knorr von Rosenroth (1636-1689), the two leading Christian Kabbalists of the period, was much closer than previously imagined and that his direct knowledge of their writings, especially the collection of 4 kabbalistic texts they published in the Kabbala Denudata, was far more detailed than most scholars have realized. During 1688 Leibniz spent more than a month at Sulzbach with von Rosenroth.
Legends Of Le D Troit
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Author : Marie Caroline Watson Hamlin
language : en
Publisher: Detroit : T. Nourse
Release Date : 1883
Legends Of Le D Troit written by Marie Caroline Watson Hamlin and has been published by Detroit : T. Nourse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1883 with Detroit (Mich.) categories.