Reading critics reading : opera and ballet criticism in France from the Revolution to 1848 / edited by Roger Parker and Mary Ann Smart.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parker, Roger, 1951-

Smart, Mary Ann.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musical criticism--France--History--19th century.

Musical criticism.

Opera--France--19th century.

Opera.

Dance criticism.

History.

France.

Dance criticism--France--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

x, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Summary:

This book examines in new ways opera and ballet criticism in early nineteenth-century France, taking seriously the motivations and beliefs of journalist critics. Rather than seeing their work as useful primarily for its raw factual information, the essays collected here look carefully at the historical, cultural, and aesthetic background that led critics to write as they did.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-264) and index.

ISBN:

0198166974

OCLC:

45223574