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- catalog abstract ""The first systematic study of French baroque music to analyze melody and lyrics rather than notational rhythms, counterpoint, and harmony, this guide presents the phrasing, rhetoric, and expression that is woven into the melodies of sung dances. Its close reading of rhetorical and poetic writings of the period, combined with its presentation of basic French linguistic patterns and speech rhythms, opens the way to a deeper historical understanding of French baroque music. Proudly standing apart from its European neighbors, the music of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France represented a conscious synthesis of French speech rhythms, French rhetorical practices and French theatrical recitation. As such, it demands its own performance style." "Speech and its melodies constituted what the French prior to Rameau thought of as "harmony." Twentieth-century performers and listeners who read this book will take increased pleasure in French baroque music when they can view the airs as miniature "orations" in which speech and music fuse to form a poetic whole." "Indispensable for musicians and critics who wish to deepen their knowledge of French music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this guide will also prove useful to persons interested in French poetry and theatrical performance."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12268942.
- catalog created "[2001]".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "[2001]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[2001]".
- catalog description ""The first systematic study of French baroque music to analyze melody and lyrics rather than notational rhythms, counterpoint, and harmony, this guide presents the phrasing, rhetoric, and expression that is woven into the melodies of sung dances. Its close reading of rhetorical and poetic writings of the period, combined with its presentation of basic French linguistic patterns and speech rhythms, opens the way to a deeper historical understanding of French baroque music. Proudly standing apart from its European neighbors, the music of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France represented a conscious synthesis of French speech rhythms, French rhetorical practices and French theatrical recitation. As such, it demands its own performance style." "Speech and its melodies constituted what the French prior to Rameau thought of as "harmony." Twentieth-century performers and listeners who read this book will take increased pleasure in French baroque music when they can view the airs as miniature "orations" in which speech and music fuse to form a poetic whole." "Indispensable for musicians and critics who wish to deepen their knowledge of French music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this guide will also prove useful to persons interested in French poetry and theatrical performance."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 473-487) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxvii, 496 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1576470229".
- catalog isPartOf "Pendragon Press musicological series.".
- catalog isPartOf "Penragon Press musicological series".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "[2001]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "[Hillsdale, NY?] : Pendragon,".
- catalog spatial "France".
- catalog subject "782/.00944/09032 21".
- catalog subject "ML2827 .R36 2001".
- catalog subject "Music and rhetoric.".
- catalog subject "Performance practice (Music) History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "Performance practice (Music) History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Songs, French France 17th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Songs, French France 18th century History and criticism.".
- catalog title "The harmonic orator : the phrasing and rhetoric of the melody in French baroque airs / Patricia M. Ranum ; preface by William Christie.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".