Author: Simon Trezise
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521877946
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 441
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This accessible Companion provides a wide-ranging and comprehensive introduction to French music from the early middle ages to the present.
Author: Simon Trezise
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316239616
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages :
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France has a long and rich music history that has had a far-reaching impact upon music and cultures around the world. This accessible Companion provides a comprehensive introduction to the music of France. With chapters on a range of music genres, internationally renowned authors survey music-making from the early middle ages to the present day. The first part provides a complete chronological history structured around key historical events. The second part considers opera and ballet and their institutions and works, and the third part explores traditional and popular music. In the final part, contributors analyse five themes and topics, including the early church and its institutions, manuscript sources, the musical aesthetics of the Siècle des Lumières, and music at the court during the ancien régime. Illustrated with photographs and music examples, this book will be essential reading for both students and music lovers.
Author: Benedict Taylor
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108475434
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 403
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A stimulating new approach to understanding the relationship between music and culture in the long nineteenth century.
Author: James Parsons
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521804714
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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Author: William A. Everett
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107114748
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 503
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An expanded and updated edition of this acclaimed, wide-ranging survey of musical theatre in New York, London, and elsewhere.
Author: Nicholas Hewitt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521794657
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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France entered the twentieth century as a powerful European and colonial nation. In the course of the century, her role changed dramatically: in the first fifty years two World Wars and economic decline removed its status as a world power, whilst the immediate post-war era was marked by wars of independence in its colonies. Yet at the same time, in the second half of the century, France entered a period of unprecedented growth and social transformation. Throughout the century and into the new millennium France retained its former international reputation as a centre for cultural excellence and innovation and its culture, together with that of the Francophone world, reflected the increased richness and diversity of the period. This Companion explores this vibrant culture, and includes chapters on history, language, literature, thought, theatre, architecture, visual culture, film and music, and discuss the contributions of popular culture, Francophone culture, minorities and women.
Author: Mervyn Cooke
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107094518
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 439
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A stimulating and unusually wide-ranging collection of essays overviewing ways in which music functions in film soundtracks.
Author: Peter Bloom
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107494060
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Still chiefly known as the extravagant composer of the Symphonie fantastique, Berlioz was an artist caught in the crossfire between the academic classicism of the French musical establishment and the romantic modernism of the Parisian musical scene. He was a thinker in an age that invented both the religion of art and the notion of the 'genius' who preached and practised it. This Companion contains essays by eminent scholars on Berlioz's place in nineteenth-century French cultural life, on his principal compositions (symphonies, overtures, operas, sacred works, songs), on his major writings (a delightful volume of memoires, a number of short stories, large quantities of music criticism, an orchestration treatise), on his direct and indirect encounters with other famous musicians (Gluck, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner), and on his legacy in France. The volume is framed by a detailed chronology of his life and a usefully annotated bibliography.
Author: Nicholas Cook
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107161789
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 347
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Digital technology has profoundly transformed almost all aspects of musical culture. This book explains how and why.
Author: Daniel Brewer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107021480
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 267
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Containing essays by leading scholars representing a wide range of disciplines, this Companion offers new perspectives on the French Enlightenment. Clearly organized and easy to use, the volume provides a comprehensive overview of a period that marks the beginning of modern intellectual culture and political life.
