{"product_id":"popular-opera-in-eighteenth-century-france-music-and-entertainment-before-the-revolution-paperback-softback-9781009011754","title":"Popular Opera in Eighteenth-Century France; Music and Entertainment before the Revolution (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009011754","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePopular Opera in Eighteenth-Century France\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMusic and Entertainment before the Revolution\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA major re-orientation in understanding opera, exploring musical comedies with spoken dialogue previously excluded from historical accounts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Charlton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009011754, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 December 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e394 pages\u003cbr\u003e24 x 17 x 2.3 cm, 0.672 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… Charlton not only invites the Anglophone reader into the complex and changing nature of French Baroque comic opera, but he also encourages the reader to reassess its value, offering easy on-ramps for historians to braid this tradition into histories of music, opera, and ancient régime culture more generally. Popular Opera in Eighteenth-Century France is a welcome addition to the literature.' Marcie Ray, H-France Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is the first book for a century to explore the development of French opera with spoken dialogue from its beginnings. Musical comedy in this form came in different styles and formed a distinct genre of opera, whose history has been obscured by neglect. Its songs were performed in private homes, where operas themselves were also given. The subject-matter was far wider in scope than is normally thought, with news stories and political themes finding their way onto the popular stage. In this book, David Charlton describes the comedic and musical nature of eighteenth-century popular French opera, considering topics such as Gherardi's theatre, Fair Theatre and the 'musico-dramatic art' created in the mid-eighteenth century. Performance practices, singers, audience experiences and theatre staging are included, as well as a pioneering account of the formation of a core of 'canonical' popular works.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Music and spoken theatre\u003cbr\u003e 3. Music in Gherardi's company\u003cbr\u003e 4. Singing and acting at home\u003cbr\u003e 5. Opéra-comique en vaudevilles\u003cbr\u003e 6. Experiences of popular theatre\u003cbr\u003e 7. Comic and serious themes\u003cbr\u003e 8. Performance as history\u003cbr\u003e 9. Musical expansion\u003cbr\u003e 10. Italian inroads: the King's company\u003cbr\u003e 11. Six methods of synthesis\u003cbr\u003e 12. A 'Musico-dramatic art'\u003cbr\u003e 13. Conclusions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Opera [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Opera\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Opera%20%5BAVGC9%5D%22\"\u003eAVGC9\u003c\/a\u003e], Classical music [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Classical music\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Classical%20music%20%5Bc%201750%20to%20c%201830%5D%20%5BAVGC4%5D%22\"\u003ec 1750 to c 1830 AVGC4\u003c\/a\u003e], Music [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Music\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Music%20%5BAV%5D%22\"\u003eAV\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52472158322968,"sku":"9781009011754","price":23.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009011754i.jpg?v=1785719596","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/popular-opera-in-eighteenth-century-france-music-and-entertainment-before-the-revolution-paperback-softback-9781009011754","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}