Aesthetics of Opera in the Ancien R馮ime, 1647-1785 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521801881)

This is the first study to recognize the wider picture of opera within early-modern French culture. Downing Thomas considers the place of music within a cultural environment--the employment of music by Louis XIV as a symbol of absolutism; the use of music as a statement against the monarchy; and the long-term development of opera as a reflection of humanism. Thomas examines key works by Lully, Rameau, and Charpentier, among others, and extends his reach from the late seventeenth century to the end of the eighteenth.

Author: Downing A. Thomas
ISBN-10: 0521801885
ISBN-13: 9780521801881
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/27/2003
Pages: 420
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.00d