Genre and Form in French Opera

David Charlton

Genre and Form in French Opera

Department of Music

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Abstract

Offers a complete thematic survey of the conventions used in all types of French opera in the eighteenth century, and includes tables to build up a picture of important repertory works. Dramatic categories (e.g. 'Tragedy', Pastorals') are treated separately from constituent elements (e.g. 'Solo vocal forms') but the latter are cross-referenced all through.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Opera
Editors	Anthony R. DelDonna, Pierpaolo Polzonetti
Place of Publication	Cambridge
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	155-83
Number of pages	29
ISBN (Print)	978-0-521-87358, 978-0-521-69538
Publication status	Published - 2009

Keywords

France, opera, opéra-comique, 18th century, formal conventions

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