La chute de Phaéton, comédie en musique (1694): an opera parody
by Marc-Antoine Legrand of Jean-Baptiste Lully's Phaéton; edited by Natasha Roule
- Resource Type:
- Music Score (Online)
- Publication:
- Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2022
- Copyright:
- ©2022
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- Summary:
- "Marc-Antoine Legrand's La chute de Phaéton, comédie en musique (1694) is the only surviving opera parody from France that was written outside of Paris in the seventeenth century. Part spoken theater and part musical drama, Legrand's work sets excerpts of Jean-Baptiste Lully's Phaéton to a narrative about a troupe of musicians in the city of Lyon who try to rescue their failing opera company from financial collapse. Based on actual events, La chute de Phaéton cleverly transforms Lully's moral lessons on the disastrous consequences of hubris into a scathing commentary on the opera industry--and on the genre of opera itself. The musical portion amounts to approximately thirty minutes of performance time and includes dances, choruses, récitatifs, and airs, making it an ideal tool for introducing students to French baroque music as well as for offering an opportunity of creative exploration for those more experienced with the repertoire." -- [Provided by publisher]
- Author/Creator:
- Legrand, Marc-Antoine, 1673-1728 , composer, author
- Contributors:
- Roule, Natasha , editor
- Language Notes:
- French words; also printed as text with English translation (pages xv-xxix).
- Related Works:
- Based on: Phaëton [by Lully, J.B.]
- Other Related Resources:
- Print version: Chute de Phaéton, comédie en musique (1694) (Middleton, Wisconsin: A-R Editions, 2022 — ISBN 9781987208221)
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- General Notes:
- Includes historical, editorial and critical notes in English.
Description based on: Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed October 5, 2022).
Includes bibliographic references. - Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 score (xxx, 89 pages)) : facsimiles, 2 unnumbered pages of plates.
- Digital Characteristics:
- image file
- Call Numbers:
- M1500.L44 C58 2022eb
- ISBNs:
- 9781987208238 (online)
1987208234 (online)
9781987208221 (print) [Invalid] - Other Standard Numbers:
- Digital Object Identifier: 10.31022/B233
Publisher Number, A-R Editions, Inc.: B233 (score) - OCLC Numbers:
- 1347063210