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Summary:

"This study stems from discoveries in a trove of documents belonging to Charles-Henri de Lorraine, prince de Vaudémont, who served as governor of Milan under the Spanish crown from 1698 to 1706. These documents, together with a mass of other sources - letters, diaries, treatises, libretti, scores - offer a vivid new picture of musical life in Paris and Milan as well as exchanges between France and Italy. The book is both a patronage study and an examination of the contributions by - and the difficulties facing - musicians and dancers who worked across national and cultural boundaries. Music, Dance, and Franco-Italian Cultural Exchange, c.1700 follows the careers of the prince and the French violinist and composer Michel Pignolet de Montéclair. In the context of a renewed fascination with Italian music in the 1690s, Montéclair made a name for himself in Paris as a pedagogue and composer who understood both national styles and blended them in a way that was successful on French terms. Vaudémont hired Montéclair to direct a French violin band and to compose dance music for a series of new operas that observers declared "the best in Italy" but are virtually unknown today. These productions involved collaborations among a mixed company of French and Italian musicians, dancers, composers, and librettists modeled on the practice of Turinese court operas. The book is an account of the contributions of these figures to the cultural life of Paris, Milan, and other northern Italian states, and to the creative mixing of musical styles, operatic conventions, and dance technique in France and Italy through the 1720s and beyond"--Back cover.

Author/Creator:

Fader, Don , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Music, dance and Franco-Italian cultural exchange, c.1700: Michel Pignolet de Montéclair and the Prince de Vaudémont [by Fader, D.]

Subjects:

Montéclair, Michel Pignolet de, 1667-1737

Vaudémont, Charles-Henri de Lorraine, prince de, 1649-1723

Music — France — History and criticism

Music — Italy — History and criticism

Dance — France — History — 17th century

Dance — France — History — 18th century

Dance — Italy — History — 17th century

Dance — Italy — History — 18th century

France — Relations — Italy

Italy — Relations — France

1600-1799

Dance

Relations

Music

Italy

France

Genres:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

xviii, 343 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm

Physical Characteristics:

illustration; music

Call Numbers:

ML270.2 .F33 2021

ISBNs:

9781783276288 (hardback)
1783276282 (hardback)
9781800102798 (PDF ebook) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1263809370