Music and the French Revolution

Contents

• Editorial preface;
• Introduction exploring the Revolution David Charlton;
• Part I . Elements of Continuity 'Royal Agamemnon':
• 1. the two versions of Gluck's Iphigenie en Aulide Julian Rushton;
• 2. Opera buffa into opera comique, 1771-1790 Michael Robinson;
• 3. Periodical editions of music at the time of the French Revolution Catherine Massip;
• 4. The French string quartet, 1770-1800 Philippe Oboussier;
• 5. Francois Giroust, a Versailles musician of the revolutionary period Roger Cotte;
• Part II . Revolutionary Opera:
• 6. The new repertory at the Opera during the Reign of Terror;
• 7. revolutionary rhetoric and operatic consequences Elizabeth Bartlet;
• 8. Lenore, ou L'amour conjugal: a celebrated offspring of the Revolution David Galliver;
• 9. On redefinitions of rescue opera David Charlton;
• Part III . Music and the New Politics:
• 10. The Conservatoire de Musique and national music education in France, 1795-1800 Cynthia M. Gessele;
• 11. French Revolutionary perspectives on Chabanon's De la musique of 1785 Ora Frishberg Saloman;
• 12. Marie-Joseph Chenier and Francois-Joseph Gossec: two artists in the service of Revolutionary propaganda Jean-Louis Jam;
• 13. The constitutions set to music during the Revolution Herbert Schneider;
• Part IV . Napoleon and After:
• 14. The French occupation of Lucca and its effects on music Gabriella Biagi Ravenni;
• 15. Beethoven and the Revolution;
• 16. The view of the French musical press Beate Angelika Kraus; Index.