Musical Theatre at the Court of Louis XIV Le Mariage de la Grosse Cathos

Name: Musical Theatre at the Court of Louis XIV Le Mariage de la Grosse Cathos
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ISBN: 9780521380126

ISBN-10: 052138012X

ISBN-13: 9780521380126

Edition: 1994

Authors: Rebecca Harris-Warrick, Carol G. Marsh

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Dance played a major role in all French Baroque theatrical entertainments. Le Mariage de la Grosse Cathos, a short ballet performed at the court of Louis XIV, is of major importance, largely because it has survived complete in all its components - choreography, music, and text - and also because it uses a previously unknown dance notation system. This book reproduces the entire manuscript of this ballet and provides a comprehensive study of the work itself and of the circumstances in which it was created and performed. Chapters devoted to the composer, choreographer, and performers provide a framework for understanding the performance context not only of this work, but of other court…

Book details

List price: $104.99
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/9/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 358
Size: 9.25" wide x 12.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.586
Language: English



Introduction



The performance context



The creators and performers



Le Mariage de la Grosse Cathos in performance



The music



The dance notation



The dances



The sources



Libretto



Reproduction of the article 'Choregraphie' from the Encyclopedie ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences, des arts et des metiers (1753)