Title: Music and theatre in France, 1600-1680 /
Authors: Powell, John S.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Dramatic music France History and criticism.; Theater France History
Abstract: "This study explores the musical practices of comedy, tragicomedy, tragedy, and the pastorale, from the arrival of the first travelling repertory companies in Paris around 1600 until the establishment of the Comedie-Francaise in 1680. The dynamic interaction of spoken drama with music, mime, and dance - cross-fertilized by court ballet and imported Italian opera - gave birth to a set of musical conventions that informed the piece en machines, the pastorale en musique, and early French opera.