Interpreting the musical past
Subtitle: early music in nineteenth-century France
By: Katharine Ellis.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York; Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Music -- France -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Music -- Performance -- History; National characteristics, French; Nationalism in music
Description: "In an era of heightened patriotic fervor following France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, Parisians packed concert halls to hear performances of Handel's oratorios and Bach's organ works. At the same time, both royalists and republicans called for the re-evaluation of the once detested musique francaise of the ancien regime. Musicologist Katharine Ellis examines these unlikely aspects of cultural life in the new republic as part of a broader study of the early music revival in nineteenth-century France."

"After providing an overview of trends and contexts throughout the century, Ellis examines specific repertoires that evokes unusually spirited advocacy and debate. Based on extensive primary research in Paris and the French regions, Interpreting the Musical Past is at once a history of culture, of reception, and of historiography."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-284) and index.
Table of contents: title: Patterns of revival; title: Uses, appropriations, meanings.