La délivrance de Renaud : ballet dansé par Louis XIII en 1617 = ballet danced by Louis XIII in 1617 / edited by Greer Garden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Garden, Greer.

Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

Series:

Collection "Epitome musical"

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1643.

Louis.

Dance--France--History--17th century.

Dance.

Ballets--France--17th century.

Ballets.

Airs de cour--France--17th century.

Airs de cour.

History.

France.

Physical Description:

xix, 291 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, music ; 30 cm.

Other Title:

Ballet danced by Louis XIII in 1617

Place of Publication:

Turnout : Brepols, [2010]

Language Note:

Preliminary pages English with French translation; 8 essays in English, 5 in French.

Contents:

The historical context = Le contexte historique. 'Truth' in the discours au vray: the printed record for Renaud / Peter Walls ; The noble participants in the ballet of La délivrance de Renaud / Charles T. Downey ; The vers and livret for La délivrance de Renaud compared and a terminus ante quam for the publication of Durand's Discours au vray / Greer Garden

The sources of inspiration = Les sources d'inspiration. La francisation de la culture italienne au début du XVIIe siècle de la Gierusalemme liberata de Torquato Tasso au ballet de La délivrance de Renaud / Georgie Durosoir ; Alcina and Armida: rendering the powerful powerless / Charles T. Downey ; Rinaldo's deliverance as dramatized at the Neapolitan torneo of 1612 / Greer Garden

Vocal music and the instumental ensemble = La musique vocale et l'ensemble instrumental. Les compositeurs du ballet de La délivrance de Renaud : l'art musical confronté aux exigences du ballet de cour / Georgie Durosoir ; Vocal music, singers and singing in La délivrance de Renaud / Greer Garden ; The instrumentalists: aspects of performance practice in the early ballet de cour / Peter Walls

Stage, scenography and costumes = Le theatre, la scenographie et les costumes. Quand les allégories étaient vivantes : scénographie, salle, décors, costumes du ballet de L délivrance de Renaud / Anne Surgers

The dance and its music = La danse et sa musique. Du mérite de la danse pour le gouvernement des princes / Kate Van Orden ; Sources for dance music in the ballet de cour / Peter Walls ; Illustre...et inconnu : queluqes notes sur Marais / Georgie Durosoir

Index des noms

Liste des illustrations

Facsimile of BNF (Mus.) RÉS. VM7 683 (2)

English translation / Charles T. Downey and Greer Garden

Edtion of the music / Charles T. Downey

Editorial note

The vocal music in the Discours au vray

Appendix A: Air for Armide

Appendix B: The dance music

Index to the edition of the music.

Notes:

Collection of essays with facsimile reproduction of Discours au vray du ballet dansé par le Roy... (Paris, Ballard, 1617) with English translation (Part two).

Includes bibliographic references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

ISBN:

9782503523477

2503523471

OCLC:

721341889