The Early Musical Writings and the Controversy with Rameau
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23487501 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael O’Dea (University College Dublin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Pages | 7-44 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Jean-Jacques Rousseau (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-349-23930-6_2 |
| OpenAlex | W2495667957 |
| ISBN | 9781349239306 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
IN THE LATE seventeen-forties, when he was entrusted with writing the articles on music for the Encyclopédie, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was still a relatively obscure figure. His early attempt at a diplomatic career in Venice had ended ignominiously; his previous ventures into music theory and composition had failed or made little impact. Rousseau depicts himself in the Confessions as seizing this new opportunity with febrile energy. He works at a exhausting pace and within three months is able to hand over a vast body of material to Diderot, more than four hundred articles in all, ranging from brief definitions or comments to substantial essays such as the key article Musique itself. It is as if Rousseau saw this undertaking as a last chance to make his reputation, with time carrying him inexorably towards his fortieth birthday.
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Composition (language) · Geography · Key (lock) · Literature · Musical · Pace · Political science · Reputation · Historical and Literary Analyses · Historical and Literary Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |