Dramatic Expression in Rameau's Tragedie en Musique

Dramatic Expression in Rameau's Tragedie en Musique

Between Tradition and Enlightenment

Verba, Cynthia (Professor, Harvard University, Massachusetts)

Cambridge University Press

02/2013

338

Dura

Inglês

9781107021563

15 a 20 dias

Cynthia Verba examines a previously unexplored part of the story of music's role in the French Enlightenment. By focusing on dramatic expression in the musical tragedies of the composer-theorist Jean-Philippe Rameau, this book reveals how he injected elements of rational design into his portrayal of emotions.
1. Introduction; 2. Rameau's concept of musical expression: in theory and practice; 3. Getting oriented: Rameau's First Tragedie, Hippolyte et Aricie (premiere, 1733); 4. Comparative overview of Rameau's tragedies, first versions: continuity and change; 5. Scenes of forbidden love confessed; 6. Scenes of intense conflict; 7. Scenes of conflict resolution; Conclusion.
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