R. J. Arnold

Grétry's Operas and the French Public

From the Old Regime to the Restoration

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Produktbeschreibung

The core of André Ernest Modeste Grétry's appeal was his mastery of song. His melodies were exported out of the opera house into every corner of French life, serving as folkloristic tokens of celebration and solidarity. His death in 1813 was one of the sensations of the age, setting off months of commemorations and revivals of his work. To understand this singular event, this interdisciplinary study looks back to Grétry's earliest encounters with the French public during the 1760s and 1770s, seeking the roots of his reputation in the reactions of his listeners. The result is not simply an exploration of the relationship between a musician and his audiences, but of developments in musical thought and discursive culture, and of the formation of public opinion over a period of intense social and political change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 539g
• ISBN-13: 9781472438508
• ISBN-10: 1472438507
• Artikelnr.: 45641800

Autorenporträt

R.J. Arnold is an associate research fellow at Birkbeck, University of London. His research covers many aspects of the cultural history of France in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, most recently focusing on the formation of musical taste, and the significance of song as a social practice.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Introduction
Chapter 1 'In the bosom of one's family': Grétry's earliest opéra comiques
and their audiences
Chapter 2 'If only that heap of erudition could provide us with a melody':
Grétry's conception of the role and powers of the composer
Chapter 3 'Those who listen with a sensitive soul and practised ears': The
formation of musical taste in the Ancien Régime
Chapter 4 'Always a friend of liberty': The fortunes of Grétry's career and
reputation in the Revolution
Chapter 5 'The long-dispersed debris of French theatre is being
reassembled': Grétry and his public in post-Revolutionary France
Chapter 6 'We are nothing but a single distraught family': Mourning and
mythologising after Grétry's death
Bibliography