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Author:   R.J. Arnold (University of Birkbeck, UK) ,  Professor Roberta Montemorra Marvin
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9781472438508

ISBN 10:   1472438507
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   07 December 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of contents List of Illustrations List of Tables Introduction Chapter 1 ‘In the bosom of one’s family’: Grétry’s earliest opéra comiques and their audiences Chapter 2 ‘If only that heap of erudition could provide us with a melody’: Grétry’s conception of the role and powers of the composer Chapter 3 ‘Those who listen with a sensitive soul and practised ears’: The formation of musical taste in the Ancien Régime Chapter 4 ‘Always a friend of liberty’: The fortunes of Grétry’s career and reputation in the Revolution Chapter 5 ‘The long-dispersed debris of French theatre is being reassembled’: Grétry and his public in post-Revolutionary France Chapter 6 ‘We are nothing but a single distraught family’: Mourning and mythologising after Grétry’s death Bibliography

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R.J. Arnold is an associate research fellow at Birkbeck, University of London. His research covers many aspects of the cultural history of France in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, most recently focusing on the formation of musical taste, and the significance of song as a social practice.

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