Lully Studies
The historical importance of composer Jean-Baptiste Lully has long been recognised. Regarded as the founder of French opera, as the embodiment of Baroque musical style and a key figure in the development of court ballet, his work enjoys popularity and scholarly interest. This volume presents the best research on Lully's life, his work and his influence. Eleven essays by American and European scholars address a wide range of topics including Lully's genealogy, the Tragédie Lyrique, Lully's Palais Royal theatre, the collaboration with Molière, the transmission of Lully's work away from the Ile-de-France, and an unexplored link with Marcel Proust. Illustrated with musical examples and photographs, the volume also contains surprising archival discoveries about the composer's early life in Tuscany and new information about his manuscript sources. It will interest all those involved in the music of Lully and his time, whether musicologists, historians, performers or listeners.
- Presents the best recent research on a composer whose work is attracting growing interest
- Contains important archival discoveries about Lully's early life and new information about his manuscript sources
- Wide appeal - musicologists, dance and theatre historians, performers, listeners
Reviews & endorsements
"...each essay presents original and fascinating insights...For those able to plumb its substantial depths, Lully Studies contains penetrating insights." The Opera Journal
"Gaps remain in knowledge about this founder of French opera, but this collection of11 articles on a variety of subjects presents the best current research....The bibliography is excellent." Choice
"...bespeaks [of] a healthy continuane of scholarly interest in the life and work of the famous seventeenth-century court composer." The Opera Quarterly
"While this book id for the specialist, if t encourages additional interest in Lully's music, it will have accomplished its purpose." American Recorder
Product details
December 2000Hardback
9780521621830
332 pages
236 × 160 × 26 mm
0.623kg
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Table of Contents
- Introduction James R. Anthony
- 1. Lully's Tuscan family Jérôme de la Gorce
- 2. Lully plays deaf: rereading the evidence on his privilege Patricia Ranum
- 3. The phrase structures of Lully's dance music Rebecca Harris-Warrick
- 4. Quinault's libretto for Isis: new directions for the Tragédie Lyrique Buford Norman
- 5. The articulation of Lully's dramatic dialogue Lois Rosow
- 6. The Amsterdam editions of Jean-Baptiste Lully's music: a bibliographical scrutiny with commentary Carl B. Schmidt
- 7. 'Pourquoi toujours des bergers?' Molière, Lully, and the pastoral divertissement John S. Powell
- 8. The presentation of Lully's Alceste at the Académie de Musique of Strasbourg Catherine Cessac
- 9. Walking through Lully's opera theatre in the Palais Royal Barbara Coeyman
- 10. Gluck and Lully Herbert Schneider
- 11. Jules Écorcheville's genealogical study of the Lully family and its influence on Marcel Proust Manuel Couvreur.