Disinformation in Mass Media: Gluck, Piccinni and the Journal de Paris

Contents

• References
• Introduction
• 1: The Cast and Setting
• A New Print Medium
• The Major Figures
• The 1781 Reprint of Gluckist Texts
• Journalism at the New Paper
• The Activities of Gluck's Associate
• Events Before 1777
• Recitative and Air
• Gluck's Directing Skills
• Berlioz on Gluck's Scores
• 2: Arnaud's Correspondence to Italy
• 3: The Journal de Paris on the Offensive
• Ridicule of Marmontel
• A Snare for La Harpe
• Marmontel's Essai
• The Essai Misrepresented
• Informed Commentaries on the Essai
• An Independent Assessment
• 4: Libel of La Harpe by Allusion
• The Risk of Serious Criticism
• The Lettre par DAVID *** son Ami
• A Vindictive Matter from the Past
• 5: The Armide Episode
• The JPL Review of Armide
• The JP's Campaign of Disinformation
• Another Assessment
• 6: Piccinni's Opera and Further Events
• Piccinni's Roland
• The Melophile
• Journalists under Siege
• Discord Fomented
• The Club of Hercules
• 7: Disinterested Observers
• Johann Nicolaus Forkel
• Francois-Louis d'Escherny
• Later Opinion from Paris
• 8: Profit and Power
• The Motives
• Gluck's Financial Acumen
• Summation
• Timeline of Major Events