Michel-Jean Sedaine (1719-1797): Theatre, Opera and Art

ISBN-13: 9780367134808 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 322 str.

David Charlton; Mark Ledbury

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Originally published in 2000, this book highlights the interest Sedaine's life and work is now, belatedly, provoking in many scholarly disciplines, including chapters on the question of genre and the representation of the female in the dramas of Sedaine.

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Introduction: Researching Sedaine, Mark Ledbury and David Charlton.  Part I: Genre and Representation.  1. Sedaine and the Question of Genre, Mark Ledbury.  2. Les Philosophes and Le Savoir: Words, Gestres and Other Signs in the Era of Sedaine, Sophia Rosenfeld.  3. The Representation of the Female in the Dramas of Sedaine, John Dunkley.  Part II: Transformations.  4. Aline, reine de Golconde: une bergere d'opéra-comique a l'Académie Royale de Musiqe, Manuel Couvreur.  5. Quatre Rois a la Chasse: Dodsley, Collé, Sedaine, Goldoni, Michel Noiray.  6. 'Risquer un Genre Nouveau en Musique': l'opéra-comique de Sedaine et Monsigny.  Part III: The Public Image.  7. Sedaine et les Images, Martine de Rougemont.  8. Un Jugement de Francois Benoit Hoffman sur Sedaine en 1812, Patrick Taieb.  9. Sedaine's Prefaces: Pretexts for a New Musical Drama, David Charlton.  Part IV: Sources.  10. An Iconography of Sedaine and his Works, Mark Ledbury.  11. A Sedaine Bibliography, David Charlton and Mark Ledbury.