Jean-Philippe Rameau (eBook)

Cuthbert Girdlestone (Autor)

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2014
672 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-78237-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Definitive biography and critical study of the great 18th-century composer features full-chapter treatments of Rameau's operas and ballets as well as his chamber music, cantatas and motets, and minor works.

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The definitive biography and critical study of Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764), this volume deals at length not only with the composer's musical achievements but also with aspects of his life and work that made him one of the most important cultural figures in eighteenth-century France. Fascinating incidents include his central position in a musical controversy that excited the enmity of Rousseau, Diderot, and the Encyclopedists; his friendship and collaboration with Voltaire; and his position as the author of a treatise on harmony that endured for two centuries.This critical evaluation focuses chiefly on Rameau's musical works, devoting entire chapters to his operas and ballets as well as his chamber music, cantatas and motets, and minor works. Additional topics include his links to Lully, his influence on Gluck, and the nature and importance of his acoustic and harmonic theories. Supplements include more than 300 musical examples, numerous useful appendices, indexes, an extensive bibliography, and a new Introduction by the distinguished musicologist and historian Philip Gossett.

Autor

British musicologist and literary scholar Cuthbert Girdlestone (1895–1975) was educated at Cambridge and the Sorbonne and taught French at King's College in Newcastle from 1926 to 1960.American musicologist and historian Philip Gossett translated Rameau's Treatise on Harmony. He recently retired from his post as Robert W. Reneker Distinguished Service Professor of Music at the University of Chicago.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.1.2014
• Einführung: Philip Gossett
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Singen / Musizieren
• Schlagworte: 18th century french composer • acoustic and harmonic theories • cantatas and motets • chamber music • composers of french opera • famous operas • harpsichord composer • influential • jean baptiste lully • music • musical achievements • musical biographies • Musicians • music theorist • music theorists • operatic careers • rameau biography • rococo era • treatise on harmony
• ISBN-10: 0-486-78237-9 / 0486782379
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-78237-9 / 9780486782379