The Lure and Legacy of Music at Versailles
Louis XIV and the Aix School
- Author: Heyer, John Hajdu
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Contents
- Foreword Lionel Sawkins
- Prologue
- General introduction
- Part I . Rendezvous in Provence:
- 1. The winter of 1660: Louis XIV and the royal court visit Provence
- 2. A choirboy and his king: the early life of Guillaume Poitevin
- Part II . The Aix School: A Legacy of Maitres:
- 3. Guillaume Poitevin: maitre of Saint-Sauveur
- 4. Andre Campra: an extraordinary career
- 5. Jean Gilles: an independent spirit
- 6. The 'petits maitres'
- 7. Antoine Blanchard: the eighteenth-century master
- Part III . The Lure and Legacy:
- 8. The lure of music at Versailles and the Ile-de-France
- 9. Patronage and the Provencal networks
- 10. The legacy of the Aix School
- Conclusion
- Epilogue
- Appendix I
- Appendix II.
