The Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, 1828-1967.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holoman, D. Kern.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Société des concerts du Conservatoire.

Music.

Musicians.

Société1;té des concerts du Conservatoire.

Local Subjects:

Music.

Musicians.

Société1;té des concerts du Conservatoire.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (655 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, 1828-1967

Place of Publication:

Berkerley : University of California Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the story of one of the world's great philharmonic societies, told by a distinguished conductor and writer whose command of the subject is nothing short of virtuosic. Established in 1828 with roots stretching back to the 1790s, the Société des Concerts du Conservatoire reflected and in many ways encapsulated the development of French culture, and of Western music, in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. D. Kern Holoman describes how in the 1820s and 1830s the potent forces of democracy, exclusivity, and revolutionary fervor that collided in and around the Conservatoire forged and th

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; On Documentation; PART ONE: STRUCTURE OF THE SOCIÉTÉ DES CONCERTS; 1. Beginnings (March 1828); 2. The Musicians; 3. The Hall; 4. The Concerts; PART TWO: 1828-1872; Overview; 5. Habeneck (1828-48); 6. Girard, Tilmant, and George-Hainl (1849-72); PART THREE: 1872-1919; Overview; 7. Deldevez (1872-85); 8. Garcin, Taffanel, and Marty (1885-1908); 9. Messager (1908-19); PART FOUR: 1919-1967; Overview; 10. Gaubert (1919-38); 11. Münch and Cluytens (1938-60); 12. Endings (1960-67); Afterword; Appendix A: Governments of France

Appendix B: Administration of the Société des ConcertsAppendix C: Seasons and Conductors, 1828-1967; Notes; Select Bibliography; Illustration Credits; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780520355255

0520355253

9780520929593

0520929594

OCLC:

773564934