Music and the French Enlightenment Reconstruction of a Dialogue, 1750-1764

Name: Music and the French Enlightenment Reconstruction of a Dialogue, 1750-1764
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ISBN: 9780198162810

ISBN-10: 0198162812

ISBN-13: 9780198162810

Edition: 1993

Authors: Cynthia Verba

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Around the middle of the eighteenth century the leading figures of the French Enlightenment engaged in a philosophical debate about the nature of music. This book traces the development of the ideas discussed, focusing on three different events that occurred roughly simultaneously: Rameau's formulation of the principle of the fundamental bass; the writing of the Encyclopedie, edited by Diderot and d'Alembert, with articles on music by Rousseau; and the "Querelle des Bouffons," over Italian comic opera and French tragic opera. The philosophes, in the typical manner of Enlightenment thinkers, were able to move freely from the broad issues of philosophy and criticism, to the more technical…

Book details

List price: $81.50
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/8/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



List of abbreviations


Introduction



Rameau and Rousseau launch the debate



Music as expressive art: Rameau versus Rousseau on expressive means and content



Music as science: The contribution of d'Alembert



Music as art and science: Synthesis by Diderot, 1748-1760



Music as art and science: Synthesis by Diderot, 1761-1771


Appendix: Translations


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Index