Book contents
- Popular Opera in Eighteenth-Century France
- Popular Opera in Eighteenth-Century France
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Examples
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Text
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Music and Spoken Theatre
- 3 Music in Gherardi’s Company
- 4 Singing and Acting at Home
- 5 Opéra-comique en vaudevilles
- 6 Experiences of Popular Theatre
- 7 Comic and Serious Themes
- 8 Performance as History
- 9 Musical Expansion
- 10 Italian Inroads: The King’s Company
- 11 Six Methods of Synthesis
- 12 A ‘Musico-Dramatic Art’
- 13 Conclusions
- Stage Works Cited
- Bibliography
- Index
Epigraph
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 December 2021
- Popular Opera in Eighteenth-Century France
- Popular Opera in Eighteenth-Century France
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Examples
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on the Text
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Music and Spoken Theatre
- 3 Music in Gherardi’s Company
- 4 Singing and Acting at Home
- 5 Opéra-comique en vaudevilles
- 6 Experiences of Popular Theatre
- 7 Comic and Serious Themes
- 8 Performance as History
- 9 Musical Expansion
- 10 Italian Inroads: The King’s Company
- 11 Six Methods of Synthesis
- 12 A ‘Musico-Dramatic Art’
- 13 Conclusions
- Stage Works Cited
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Popular Opera in Eighteenth-Century FranceMusic and Entertainment before the Revolution, pp. viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021