The staging of history in France: Characterizations of historical figures in French Grand Opera during the reign of Louis -Philippe.
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Title
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The staging of history in France: Characterizations of historical figures in French Grand Opera during the reign of Louis -Philippe.
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Identifier
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AAI3169966
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identifier
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3169966
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Creator
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Pottinger, Mark Ainsworth.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Ora Frishberg Saloman
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Date
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2005
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Music | History, European | Theater
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Abstract
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This dissertation discusses the relationship between the writing of history and opera during the second quarter of the nineteenth century, in particular French grand opera of the 1830s and 1840s. The height of grand opera occurred in the years between the rise (1830) and fall (1848) of the July Monarchy, when the revolutionary idealism of the age meshed with the fervent intellectual and artistic activity of composers, librettists, and stage designers in France. The characterizations of historical individuals in four works that premiered between 1830 and 1850 are examined as evidence of this historical sensibility: Daniel Auber's Gustave III (1833), Louis Niedermeyer's Stradella (1837), Fromental Halevy's La Reine de Chypre (1841), and Giacomo Meyerbeer's Le Prophete (1849). The choice of these four works was determined primarily by the date of the premiere and the diverse social positions of the historical figures, so that the works present a comprehensive study of the use of history throughout the period.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy Restricted.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.