Music and the French Revolution

Abstract

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.