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  • French Opera 1730-1830: Meaning and Media

    by David Charlton ...
    Series series Variorum Collected Studies
    The majority of these collected essays date from 1992 onwards, three of them having been specially expanded for this volume. Drawing on recent archival research and new musicological theory, they investigate distinctive qualities in French opera from early opéra comique to early grand opera. ’Media’ is interpreted in terms of both narrative systems and practical theatre resources. One group of ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Popular Opera in Eighteenth-Century France

    Music and Entertainment before the Revolution

    by David Charlton ...
    This is the first book for a century to explore the development of French opera with spoken dialogue from its beginnings. Musical comedy in this form came in different styles and formed a distinct genre of opera, whose history has been obscured by neglect. Its songs were performed in private homes, where operas themselves were also given. The subject-matter was far wider in scope than is normally ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Grand Opera

    Edited by David Charlton ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Music
    This 2003 Companion is a fascinating and accessible exploration of the world of grand opera. Through this volume a team of scholars and writers on opera examine those important Romantic operas which embraced the Shakespearean sweep of tragedy, history, love in time of conflict, and the struggle for national self-determination. Rival nations, rival religions and violent resolutions are common ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Embodying the Yoga Sutra

    Support, Direction, Space

    by Ranju Roy, David Charlton ...
    Applying the teachings of this book will enliven your yoga practice and deepen your understanding of your Self.”- Gary Kraftsow, author of Yoga for Wellness and Yoga for TransformationPatanjali's Yoga Sutras is the key text of yoga. Yet for many yoga practitioners, its deeper treasures remain either unknown or mired in obscurity. Ranju Roy and David Charlton focus on 18 of the most important ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Opera in the Age of Rousseau

    Music, Confrontation, Realism

    by David Charlton ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Opera
    Historians of French politics, art, philosophy and literature have long known the tensions and fascinations of Louis XV's reign, the 1750s in particular. David Charlton's study comprehensively re-examines this period, from Rameau to Gluck and elucidates the long-term issues surrounding opera. Taking Rousseau's Le Devin du Village as one narrative centrepiece, Charlton investigates this opera's ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • Michel-Jean Sedaine (1719-1797)

    Theatre, Opera and Art

    Edited by David Charlton, Mark Ledbury ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 2000, this book highlights the interst Sedaine's life and work is now, belatedly, provoking in many scholarly disciplines. If Sedaine speaks today to literary history, theatre history and opera studies, it is because he possessed a multivalent vision, one which accounts for both his past neglect and is present rediscovery. Like many others, he believed that the established, ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

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    His Life and Times

    by R. J. Stove ...
    César Franck (1822–1890), Belgian born and French domiciled, was one of the most remarkable composers of the 19th century. A number of his works are commonly recorded—such as his Symphony in D Minor, Symphonic Variations, Violin Sonata, and the ever-popular Panis Angelicus—and yet 38 years have elapsed since a biography of him appeared in English.Now with César Franck: His Life and Times, R. J. ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • French Literature

    A Beginner's Guide

    by Carol Clark ...
    Series series Beginner's Guides
    Boasting one of Western culture's oldest and richest literary traditions, French literature has long been a pioneer of style and innovation. From the farcical comedies of Moliere to the torment of Baudelaire's verse, it has inspired writers and artists everywhere throughout the ages. This comprehensive Beginner's Guide tells French literature's compelling story from the beginning right up to today ... Read more

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  • The Songs of Henri Duparc

    by Sydney Northcote ...
    This is, so far as I know, the first book in English on the life and work of Henri Duparc. But it is intended to serve as an introduction to the study of his songs rather than as a full-length biography. For that would call for the intimate knowledge of someone like his sole surviving son, M. Henri Charles Duparc; or his distinguished friend, M. P. de Breville; or, as a beginning at any rate, the ... Read more

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  • Style and Performance for Bowed String Instruments in French Baroque Music

    by Mary Cyr ...
    Mary Cyr addresses the needs of researchers, performers, and informed listeners who wish to apply knowledge about historically informed performance to specific pieces. Special emphasis is placed upon the period 1680 to 1760, when the viol, violin, and violoncello grew to prominence as solo instruments in France. Part I deals with the historical background to the debate between the French and ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Opera in the Novel from Balzac to Proust

    by Cormac Newark ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Opera
    The turning point of Madame Bovary, which Flaubert memorably set at the opera, is only the most famous example of a surprisingly long tradition, one common to a range of French literary styles and sub-genres. In the first book-length study of that tradition to appear in English, Cormac Newark examines representations of operatic performance from Balzac's La Comédie humaine to Proust's À la ... Read more

    $109.99 USD

  • Erik Satie: Music, Art and Literature

    Edited by Caroline Potter ...
    Series series Music and Literature
    Erik Satie (1866-1925) was a quirky, innovative and enigmatic composer whose impact has spread far beyond the musical world. As an artist active in several spheres - from cabaret to religion, from calligraphy to poetry and playwriting - and collaborator with some of the leading avant-garde figures of the day, including Cocteau, Picasso, Diaghilev and René Clair, he was one of few genuinely cross ... Read more

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