Music and Theatre in France 1600–1680

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ID9289381
AuthorsJohn S Powell (corresponding author)
Year2000
Pages582
Publication date2000-09-07
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueMusic and theatre in France, 1600-1680 (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780198165996.001.0001
OpenAlexW627432443
ISBN9780198165996
Open LibraryOL348760M
LanguageEN
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During the course of the 17th century, the dramatic arts reached a pinnacle of development in France; but despite the volumes devoted to the literature and theatre of the ancien régime, historians have largely neglected the importance of music and dance. This study defines the musical practices of comedy, tragicomedy, tragedy, and mythological and non-mythological pastoral drama, from the arrival of the first repertory companies in Paris until the establishment of the Comédie-Française. The dynamic interaction of the performing arts in primarily spoken theatre, cross-fertilized by ballet de cour and imported Italian opera, gave rise to a set of musical conventions that later informed the pastorale en musique and early French pastoral opera. The performance history of four comédies-ballets by Molière, Lully, and Charpentier leads to a discussion of the musical and balletic performance practices of Molière’s theatre and the interconnections between Molière’s last comédie-ballet, Le Malade imaginaire, and Lully’s first opera, Les Festes de l’Amour et de Bacchus

Art · Art history · Ballet · Comedy · Dance · Drama · Humanities · Literature · Musical · Mythology · Opera · Performing arts · The arts · Tragedy (event · Tragicomedy · Visual arts · Historical and Literary Analyses · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · 17th century · Dramatic music · France · french · History · History and criticism · Music · Theater

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