Musical encounters at the 1889 Paris World's Fair / Annegret Fauser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fauser, Annegret.

Series:

Eastman studies in music 1071-9989 ; v. 32.

Eastman studies in music, 1071-9989 ; [v. 32]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--France--19th century--History and criticism.

Music.

Music--Social aspects.

France.

Exposition universelle de 1889 (Paris, France).

Exposition universelle de 1889.

Music--Social aspects--France.

Physical Description:

xviii, 391 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2005.

Summary:

Musical Encounters at the 1889 Paris World's Fair explores the ways in which music was used, appropriated, exhibited, listened to, and written about during the six months of the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris, thereby revealing the role and the sociopolitical uses of music in France and, more generally, Europe during the late nineteenth century.

Contents:

Introduction : the soundscape of the 1889 Exposition universelle

Exhibiting music at the Exposition universelle

Opera, ballet, and the politics of French identity

The Republic's muse : Augusta Holmès's Ode triomphale

French encounters with the Far East

Belly dancers, gypsies, and French peasants

The marvels of technology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [353]-374) and index.

ISBN:

1580461859

OCLC:

60515208