| Description |
1 online resource (x, 355 pages) : illustrations, music |
| Series |
AMS studies in music |
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AMS studies in music.
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| Contents |
The Catholic Church in Republican Musical Aesthetics -- Pious Puppets and the Limits of Symbolism -- Sincerity and the Limits of Symbolism -- Saint-Eustache : The Republic's Sacred Cathedral -- The Trocadéro : The Republic's Secular Cathedral -- The Republic's Righteous Woman at the Opéra-Comique : Jules Massenet's Grisélidis -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: "Les grands oratorios à l'église Saint-Eustache" : Programs -- Appendix B: Jules Massenet's La Terre promise : Biblical References -- Appendix C: Programs of the Ten concerts officiels at the 1900 Exposition Universelle |
| Summary |
"This book is the first comprehensive study that reevaluates music's role in the relationship between the French state and the Catholic Church at the end of the nineteenth century. As the divide between Church and State widened on the political stage, more and more composers began writing religious-even liturgical-music for performance in decidedly secular venues, including popular cabaret theaters, prestigious opera houses, and international exhibitions: a trend that coincided with Pope Leo XIII's Ralliement politics that encouraged conservative Catholics to "rally" with the Republican government. But the idea of a musical Ralliement has largely gone unquestioned by historians and musicologists alike who have long accepted a somewhat simplistic epistemological position that emphasizes a sharp division between the Church and the "secular" Republic during this period. Drawing on extensive archival research, critical reception studies, and musical analysis, this book reveals how composers and critics from often opposing ideological factions undermined the secular/sacred binary. From the opera house and niche puppet theaters to Parisian parish churches and Montmartre's famed cabarets, composers and critics from opposing ideological factions used music in their effort to craft a brand of Frenchness that was built on the dual foundations of secular Republicanism and the heritage of the French Catholic Church"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 08, 2021) |
| Subject |
Church music -- Catholic Church -- 19th century
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Church music -- France -- 19th century
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Sacred music -- France -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Church music
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Church music -- Catholic Church
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Sacred music
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| SUBJECT |
France -- History -- Third Republic, 1870-1940.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051411
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| Subject |
France
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021016366 |
| ISBN |
9780197578087 |
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019757808X |
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0197578071 |
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9780197578070 |
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