The Lure and Legacy of Music at Versailles

Louis XIV and the Aix School

John Hajdu Heyer (University of Wisconsin, Whitewater)

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English

Cambridge University Press
06 November 2014

Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750)

Louis XIV and his court at Versailles had a profound influence on music in France and throughout Europe. In 1660 Louis visited Aix-en-Provence, a trip that resulted in political and cultural transformations throughout the region. Soon thereafter Aix became an important center of sacred music composition, eventually rivaling Paris for the quality of the composers it produced. John Hajdu Heyer documents the young king's visit and examines how he and his court deployed sacred music to enhance the royal image and secure the loyalty of the populace. Exploring the circle of composers at Aix, Heyer provides the most up-to-date and complete biographies in English of nine key figures, including Guillaume Poitevin, André Campra, Jean Gilles, François Estienne, and Antoine Blanchard. The book goes on to reveal how the history of political power in the region was reflected through church music, and how musicians were affected by contemporary events.

By: John Hajdu Heyer (University of Wisconsin Whitewater)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 182mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 760g
ISBN: 9780521519885
ISBN 10: 0521519888
Pages: 299
Publication Date: 06 November 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Hajdu Heyer is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater. He began his exploration of French sacred music from the time of Louis XIV during his years as a student in Paris with Nadia Boulanger (1967–70). His publications include two books and five critical editions of works by Jean-Baptiste Lully and Jean Gilles. His work as a musicologist and conductor has twice been recognized with the Noah Greenberg Award from the American Musicological Society for 'distinguished contribution to the study and performance of early music'. He has served on the Council of the American Musicological Society, the editorial board for the Web Library of Seventeenth-Century Music, and was active on the committees preparing the collected works of Lully. In the past four years, he has undertaken extensive research in the archives and libraries of southern France.

Reviews for The Lure and Legacy of Music at Versailles: Louis XIV and the Aix School

'Every knowable fact, beginning with the names of the choirboys and their teachers, is presented in loving detail. Thanks to the archives of the cathedral chapter, and those of the Aixois notaries, John Hajdu Heyer brings to life the religious musical culture of the most prestigious musique in Provence, as it was lived during a golden age of French music, the classical age ... [He] rightly draws on the research of other scholars, and a lot of his own, to bring together what can be known about a major moment in musical culture, far from Paris and Versailles.' Orest Ranum, Panat Times blog (ranumspanat.com) '... a fascinating study, the first of its kind in English, of the role of the maitre de musique and of the functioning of the maitrise ... this book performs an invaluable service ... John Hajdu Heyer, after a lifetime's experience of researching this area, has abundantly demonstrated what a fruitful subject it is for investigation ...' Graham Sadler, Early Music '... the most comprehensive source of biographical information in English, or indeed in any language, on most of the composers discussed here. ... essential reading for existing specialists in the field.' Shirley Thompson, Music and Letters