France has a long and rich music history that has had a far-reaching impact upon music and cultures around the world. This accessible Companion provides a comprehensive introduction to the music of France. With chapters on a range of music genres, internationally renowned authors survey music-making from the early middle ages to the present day. The first part provides a complete chronological history structured around key historical events. The second part considers opera and ballet and their institutions and works, and the third part explores traditional and popular music. In the final part, contributors analyse five themes and topics, including the early church and its institutions, manuscript sources, the musical aesthetics of the Siècle des Lumières, and music at the court during the ancien régime. Illustrated with photographs and music examples, this book will be essential reading for both students and music lovers.
Edited by:
Simon Trezise (Trinity College Dublin)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 175mm,
Spine: 19mm
Weight: 860g
ISBN: 9780521701761
ISBN 10: 0521701767
Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
Pages: 440
Publication Date: 19 February 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Foreword Simon Trezise; Part I. Chronological History of French Music from the Early Middle Ages to the Present: 1. From abbey to cathedral and court: music under the Merovingian, Carolingian, and Capetian kings in France, through Louis IX Alice V. Clark; 2. Cathedral and court: music under the late Capetian and Valois kings in France, to Louis XI Lawrence Earp; 3. The Renaissance Fabrice Fitch; 4. Music under Louis XIII and XIV (1610–1715) Peter Bennett and Georgia J. Cowart; 5. Music from the Regency to the Revolution (1715–89) Debra Nagy; 6. The Revolution and Romanticism to 1848 Michael McClellan and Simon Trezise; 7. Renaissance and change: 1848 to 1914 Simon Trezise; 8. La guerre et la paix: 1914–45 Andy Fry; 9. Cultural and generational querelles in the musical domain: music in France from the Second World War Jonathan Goldman; Part II. Opera: 10. Opera and ballet to the death of Gluck Jacqueline Waeber; 11. Opera and ballet after the Revolution Steven Huebner; Part III. Other Musics: 12. Traditional music and its ethnomusicological study in France Luc Charles-Dominique; 13. Popular music David Loosely; Part IV. Themes and Topics: 14. Manuscript sources and calligraphy John Haines; 15. Church and state in early medieval France Andrew Tomasello; 16. Music and the court of the ancien régime Jeanice Brooks; 17. Musical aesthetics of the Siècle des Lumières Georgia J. Cowart; 18. Paris and the regions from the Revolution to World War I Katharine Ellis.
Simon Trezise is an Associate Professor in the School of Drama, Film and Music at Trinity College, Dublin. His research focuses on the music of Debussy and France in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the history and practice of recording, aspects of performance practice and film music. His publications include Debussy: La Mer (Cambridge University Press, 1995) and The Cambridge Companion to Debussy (editor, Cambridge University Press, 2003).
Reviews for The Cambridge Companion to French Music
'Few devotees of French music and culture will not find a treasure-trove of enlightening information in this brilliantly cast multi-author book ... This excellent book is much more than a springboard and will provide an invaluable key for any Francophile wanting to deepen their knowledge of issues, periods and repertoire with which they are not so familiar: questions addressed by the contributors to this learned and expert volume.' Richard Langham Smith, H-France Few devotees of French music and culture will not find a treasure-trove of enlightening information in this brilliantly cast multi-author book ... This excellent book is much more than a springboard and will provide an invaluable key for any Francophile wanting to deepen their knowledge of issues, periods and repertoire with which they are not so familiar: questions addressed by the contributors to this learned and expert volume. Richard Langham Smith, H-France
