From servant to savant : musical privilege, property, and the French Revolution / Rebecca Dowd Geoffroy-Schwinden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geoffroy-Schwinden, Rebecca Dowd, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Social aspects.

Music.

Musicians--France.

Musicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

'From Servant to Savant' exposes the fundamental role that the French Revolution played in the emergence of modern professional musicianship. Geoffroy-Schwinden demonstrates how the French Revolution set the stage for the emergence of so-called musical 'Romanticism' among the likes of Beethoven and the legacies that continue to haunt musical institutions and industries.

Contents:

Cover

From Servant to Savant

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Note on Translation of Sources

Introduction

On Privilege, Property, and Professionalization

The Abolition of Privilege

The Politics of Historiography and the Archive

Chapter Summaries

Part I Musical Privilege

1 Legal Privilège and Musical Production

The Privilege to Perform

Musical Privilege in Publishing, Commerce, and Manufacturing

Privilege as Property

The "Dilution" of Privilege

2 Social Privilège and Musician-​Masons

French Masonry, Music, and Parisian Sociability

Brother Servants and Occasional Brothers

Talented Brothers, Architects of Music, and Free Associates

Fellow Professionals and Savants

"A Little Lesson in Social Harmony"

Part II Property

3 Private Property: Music and Authorship

Proprietary Tremors on the Eve of Revolution

From Musical Privilege to Musical Property

The "Declaration of the Rights of Genius"

4 Public Servants

From Pleasing Paris to Serving the Nation

An Institution of Their Own

Patriotic Servants

Professionalization and Public Patronage

5 Cultural Heritage: Music as Work of Art

Music and the Fine Arts under the Revolution

The Conservatory's "Museum" of Musical Works

The Museum's Imperial Agenda

"The Edifice Is Rising"

Cultural Property and Artworks for the Future

6 National Industry: Music as a "Useful" Art and Science

Music, the Useful Arts, and Mechanical Invention

Interlude: A Method in the Madness

Mechanical Innovations: Useful to Whom?

The Conservatory's Design for a "Romantic Machine"

Postlude: A "Detractor" Breaks His "Silence"

Conclusion: Privilege by Any Other Name

Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Geoffroy-Schwinden, Rebecca Dowd From Servant to Savant

ISBN:

0-19-751154-6

0-19-751152-X

0-19-751153-8

OCLC:

1260692062