Following his opposition to the establishment of a theatre in Geneva, Jean-Jacques Rousseau is often considered an enemy of the stage. Yet he was fascinated by drama: he was a keen theatre-goer, his earliest writings were operas and comedies, his admiration for Italian lyric theatre ran through his career, he wrote one of the most successful operas of the day, Le Devin du village, and with his Pygmalion, he invented a new theatrical genre, the Scène lyrique ('melodrama').
Through multi-faceted analyses of Rousseau's theatrical and musical works, authors re-evaluate his practical and theoretical involvement with and influence on the dramatic arts, as well as his presence in modern theatre histories. New readings of the Lettre à d'Alembert highlight its political underpinnings, positioning it as an act of resistance to external bourgeois domination of Geneva's cultural sphere, and demonstrate the work's influence on theatrical reform after Rousseau's death. Fresh analyses of his theory of voice, developed in the Essai sur l'origine des langues, highlight the unique prestige of Italian opera for Rousseau. His ambition to rethink the nature and function of stage works, seen in Le Devin du village and then, more radically, in Pygmalion, give rise to several different discussions in the volume, as do his complex relations with Gluck. Together, contributors shed new light on the writer's relationship to the stage, and argue for a more nuanced approach to his theatrical and operatic works, theories and legacy.
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Paperback. Etat : Very Good. 2017 Voltaire Foundation paperback edition. Light reading wear else very good condition. Contents: 1. Felicity Baker, The Anthropological Foresight of the Lettre sur les spectacles. 2. Patrick Primavesi, The Dramaturgy of Rousseau's Lettre a d'Alembert and Its Importance for Modern Theatre. 3. Jorgen Langdalen, The Voice of Nature in Rousseau's Theatre: Reconstructing a Dramaturgy. 4. Jacqueline Waeber, Rousseau's Pygmalion and the Limits of (Operatic) Expression. 5. Maria Gullstam, Pygmalion's Power Struggles: Rousseau, Rameau and Galathee. 6. Marie-Emmanuelle Plagnol-Dieval, Rousseau and His Early Comedies: The Concept of the Comic. 7. David Marshall, Rousseau's Pygmalion and the Theatre of Autobiography. 8. David Charlton, The Melodic Language of Le Devin du village and the Evolution of Opera-comique. 9. Michael O'Dea, Rousseau's Ghost: Le Devin du village at the Paris Opera, 1770-1779. 10. Willmar Sauter, A Theatrophobic Dramatist: J.-J. Rousseau's Position in Theatre Historiography and on Today's Stage. 11. Magnus Tessing Schneider, The Judgement of Rousseau: Paride ed Elena by Gluck and Calzabigi (Vienna, 1770). N° de réf. du vendeur ZS-ZCLB-T5KV
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Following his opposition to the establishment of a theatre in Geneva, Jean-Jacques Rousseau is often considered an enemy of the stage. Yet he was fascinated by drama: he was a keen theatre-goer, his earliest writings were operas and comedies, his admiration for Italian lyric theatre ran through his career, he wrote one of the most successful operas of the day, Le Devin du village, and with his Pygmalion, he invented a new theatrical genre, the Scene lyrique (melodrama). Through multi-faceted analyses of Rousseaus theatrical and musical works, authors re-evaluate his practical and theoretical involvement with and influence on the dramatic arts, as well as his presence in modern theatre histories. New readings of the Lettre a dAlembert highlight its political underpinnings, positioning it as an act of resistance to external bourgeois domination of Genevas cultural sphere, and demonstrate the work's influence on theatrical reform after Rousseaus death. Fresh analyses of his theory of voice, developed in the Essai sur lorigine des langues, highlight the unique prestige of Italian opera for Rousseau. His ambition to rethink the nature and function of stage works, seen in Le Devin du village and then, more radically, in Pygmalion, give rise to several different discussions in the volume, as do his complex relations with Gluck. Together, contributors shed new light on the writers relationship to the stage, and argue for a more nuanced approach to his theatrical and operatic works, theories and legacy. An analysis of Rousseau's conflicted relationship with the theatre. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9780729411998
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Paperback. Etat : New. Following his opposition to the establishment of a theatre in Geneva, Jean-Jacques Rousseau is often considered an enemy of the stage. Yet he was fascinated by drama: he was a keen theatre-goer, his earliest writings were operas and comedies, his admiration for Italian lyric theatre ran through his career, he wrote one of the most successful operas of the day, Le Devin du village, and with his Pygmalion, he invented a new theatrical genre, the Scène lyrique ('melodrama'). Through multi-faceted analyses of Rousseau's theatrical and musical works, authors re-evaluate his practical and theoretical involvement with and influence on the dramatic arts, as well as his presence in modern theatre histories. New readings of the Lettre à d'Alembert highlight its political underpinnings, positioning it as an act of resistance to external bourgeois domination of Geneva's cultural sphere, and demonstrate the work's influence on theatrical reform after Rousseau's death. Fresh analyses of his theory of voice, developed in the Essai sur l'origine des langues, highlight the unique prestige of Italian opera for Rousseau. His ambition to rethink the nature and function of stage works, seen in Le Devin du village and then, more radically, in Pygmalion, give rise to several different discussions in the volume, as do his complex relations with Gluck. Together, contributors shed new light on the writer's relationship to the stage, and argue for a more nuanced approach to his theatrical and operatic works, theories and legacy. N° de réf. du vendeur LU-9780729411998
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