Screen LibraryDance and drama in French baroque opera : a history /
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge studies in opera
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| Carrier Form: | xx, 484 pages : illustrations, music, forms ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-471) and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9781107137899 (hardback) : 1107137896 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | ML1727 |
| CLC: | J832(565)-09 |
| Call Number: | J832(565)-09/H317 |
| Contents: |
Introduction -- Lully -- The dramaturgy of Lully's divertissements -- Constructing the divertissement -- Dance foundations -- Dance practices on stage -- Prologues -- The lighter side of Lully -- The Rival Muses in the Age of Campra: The muses take the stage -- Thalie, muse of comedy -- Thalie visits the fairs -- The contested comic -- Melpomène, muse of tragedy -- Melpomène adapts -- Terpsichore, muse of the dance -- In the traces of Terpsichore -- Epilogue -- Works performed at the Academie Royale de Musique, 1695-1732, in which the impact of the come die italienne can be seen -- A partial list of performances consisting of fragments, 1702-32 -- The choreographies danced at the Opera contextualized. |