Sacred sounds, secular spaces : transforming Catholicism through the music of Third-Republic Paris / Jennifer Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Jennifer (Jennifer P.), author.

Series:

AMS studies in music

AMS studies in music series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church music--Catholic Church--19th century.

Church music.

Church music--France--19th century.

Sacred music--France--19th century--History and criticism.

Sacred music.

Church music--Catholic Church.

France--History--Third Republic, 1870-1940.

France.

History.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 355 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"This book is the first comprehensive study that reevaluates music's role in the relationship between the French state and the Catholic Church at the end of the nineteenth century. As the divide between Church and State widened on the political stage, more and more composers began writing religious-even liturgical-music for performance in decidedly secular venues, including popular cabaret theaters, prestigious opera houses, and international exhibitions: a trend that coincided with Pope Leo XIII's Ralliement politics that encouraged conservative Catholics to "rally" with the Republican government. But the idea of a musical Ralliement has largely gone unquestioned by historians and musicologists alike who have long accepted a somewhat simplistic epistemological position that emphasizes a sharp division between the Church and the "secular" Republic during this period. Drawing on extensive archival research, critical reception studies, and musical analysis, this book reveals how composers and critics from often opposing ideological factions undermined the secular/sacred binary. From the opera house and niche puppet theaters to Parisian parish churches and Montmartre's famed cabarets, composers and critics from opposing ideological factions used music in their effort to craft a brand of Frenchness that was built on the dual foundations of secular Republicanism and the heritage of the French Catholic Church"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Catholic Church in Republican Musical Aesthetics

2. Pious Puppets and the Limits of Symbolism

3. Sincerity and the Limits of Symbolism

4. Saint-Eustache: The Republic's Sacred Cathedral

5. The Trocadero: The Republic's Secular Cathedral

6. The Republic's Righteous Woman at the Opeta-Comique: Jules Massenet's Griselidis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Walker, Jennifer (Jennifer P.) Sacred sounds, secular spaces

ISBN:

9780197578056

0197578055

OCLC:

1245956251

Publisher Number:

99988962235