Grétry's Operas And The French Public: From The Old Regime To The Restoration (Ashgate Interdisciplinary Studies In Opera)

In the bosom of one's family : Grétry's earliest op?a comiques and their audiences -- If only that heap of erudition could provide us with a melody : Grétry's conception of the role and powers of the composer -- Those who listen with a sensitive soul and practised ears : the formation of musical taste in the ancien régime -- Always a friend of liberty : the fortunes of Grétry's career and reputation in the revolution -- The long-dispersed debris of French theatre is being reassembled : Grétry and his public in post-revolutionary France -- We are nothing but a single distraught family : mourning and mythologising after Grétry's death

• • Author: Robert James Arnold
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Dec 07, 2015
• • Number of Pages: 244 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1472438507
• • ISBN-13: 9781472438508