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Dance and Drama in French Baroque Opera : A History, Paperback by Harris-Warr...
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- Book Title
- Dance and Drama in French Baroque Opera : A History
- ISBN
- 9781316502785
- Subject Area
- Music
- Publication Name
- Dance and Drama in French Baroque Opera : a History
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Item Length
- 9.6 in
- Subject
- Genres & Styles / Opera
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Series
- Cambridge Studies in Opera Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Item Weight
- 35 Oz
- Item Width
- 7.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 504 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
1316502783
ISBN-13
9781316502785
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11038794078
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
504 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Dance and Drama in French Baroque Opera : a History
Subject
Genres & Styles / Opera
Publication Year
2019
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Music
Series
Cambridge Studies in Opera Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
35 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
7.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
'An indispensable resource for those reconstructing this repertoire for the stage, Harris-Warrick's book also offers much of interest to scholars in many subspecialties of early modern European history who are willing to do the work of connecting her impressive study to the world beyond the stage.' Chantal Frankenbach, Notes
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
782.1094409032
Table Of Content
Introduction; Part I. Lully: 1. The dramaturgy of Lully's divertissements; 2. Constructing the divertissement; 3. Dance foundations; 4. Dance practices on stage; 5. Prologues; 6. The lighter side of Lully; Part II. The Rival Muses in the Age of Campra: 7. The muses take the stage; 8. Thalie, muse of comedy; 9. Thalie visits the fairs; 10. The contested comic; 11. Melpomène, muse of tragedy; 12. Melpomène adapts; 13. Terpsichore, muse of the dance; 14. In the traces of Terpsichore; Epilogue; Appendix 1. Works performed at the Académie Royale de Musique, 1695-1732, in which the impact of the comédie italienne can be seen; Appendix 2. A partial list of performances consisting of 'fragments', 1702-32; Appendix 3. The choreographies danced at the Opéra contextualized.
Synopsis
Since its inception, French opera has embraced dance, yet all too often operatic dancing is treated as mere decoration. Dance and Drama in French Baroque Opera exposes the multiple and meaningful roles that dance has played, starting from Jean-Baptiste Lully's first opera in 1672. It counters prevailing notions in operatic historiography that dance was parenthetical and presents compelling evidence that the divertissement - present in every act of every opera - is essential to understanding the work. The book considers the operas of Lully - his lighter works as well as his tragedies - and the 46-year period between the death of Lully and the arrival of Rameau, when influences from the commedia dell'arte and other theatres began to inflect French operatic practices. It explores the intersections of musical, textual, choreographic and staging practices at a complex institution - the Académie Royale de Musique - which upheld as a fundamental aesthetic principle the integration of dance into opera., In this book, Rebecca Harris-Warrick dismantles the prevailing notion that dance in French Baroque opera was merely decorative, and presents compelling evidence that the divertissement is essential to understanding the work. Evolving practices in music, librettos, choreography and staging are brought to bear on sixty years of operatic history.
LC Classification Number
ML1727.2.H37 2019
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