| Description |
1 online resource (251 p.) |
| Series |
Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain Ser |
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Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Notes -- 1 Franco-British cultural relations 1660-1830 -- Anglo-French political relations 1660-1700 -- Cultural transfers from France to Britain 1660-90 -- Cultural transfers from France to Britain 1690-1830 -- British attitudes to French music 1660-1830 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 2 From Auber to Meyerbeer, 1830-62 -- Franco-British political relations -- Cultural transfers from France to Britain |
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The success of Auber -- Meyerbeer in London 1832-42 -- French opera seasons 1845-6 -- French opera -- as Italian opera -- Opéra comique: St James's Theatre, 1849-50 -- Beyond West End opera: concert music and the provinces -- The singular case of Berlioz 1840-62 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3 From Faust to Carmen, 1863-78 -- Franco-British political and cultural relations 1863-78 -- The ascendancy of Gounod -- 'An evil sign of the times': Offenbach and opéra bouffe -- Bizet and Carmen -- Beyond theatre: other French music in Britain 1863-78 -- The deaths of Meyerbeer, Berlioz and Auber -- Conclusion |
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Notes -- 4 Fin-de-siècle: French music in Britain 1879-1900 -- Political and cultural relations 1879-1900 -- Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians -- Saint-Saëns in Britain -- Massenet -- 'Grand opera' in the West End, 1879-1900 -- After Offenbach: French operetta in the 1880s and '90s -- Concert music old and new: Berlioz, Gounod, Fauré and Chaminade -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5 Entente Cordiale: French music in Britain 1901-14 -- Franco-British political and cultural relations 1901-14 -- Theatre music: opera and operetta -- Concert music |
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The 'modern French school': Debussy, Ravel and beyond -- Veterans revisited: Berlioz, Saint-Saëns and Fauré -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 6 Conclusions -- Notes -- Appendix: Selected first performances of French works in Britain, 1830-1914 -- Bibliography -- Primary sources (books only -- articles from newspapers, journals and serials are referenced in the main text) -- Secondary Literature -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000281521 |
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1000281523 |
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