Around the middle of the eighteenth century, the leading figures of the French Enlightenment engaged in a philosophical debate about the nature of music, prompted by the controversial views of the composer-theorist Jean-Philippe Rameau. Their dialogue was one of extraordinary depth and richness and dealt with some of the most fundamental issues of the French Enlightenment. In the newly revised edition of Music and the French Enlightenment, Cynthia Verba updates this fascinating story with the prolific scholarship that has emerged since the book was first published.
Around the middle of the eighteenth century, the leading figures of the French Enlightenment engaged in a philosophical debate about the nature of music, prompted by the controversial views of the composer-theorist Jean-Philippe Rameau. Their dialogue was one of extraordinary depth and richness and dealt with some of the most fundamental issues of the French Enlightenment. In the newly revised edition of Music and the French Enlightenment, Cynthia Verba updates this fascinating story with the prolific scholarship that has emerged since the book was first published.
Cynthia Verba has long devoted her scholarship to the rich musical debates of the French Enlightenment, with many of the issues revolving around the composer-theorist Jean-Philippe Rameau, as both subject and participant in the debates. Her most recent book, Dramatic Expression in Rameau's Tragédie en Musique (CUP, 2013) shifts the emphasis from the Enlightenment debates about music to the music itself, focusing on Rameau's own tragedies.
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* Prologue * List of Abbreviations * 1. Introduction * 2. Rameau and Rousseau Launch the Debate * 3. Music as Expressive Art: Rameau versus Rousseau on Expressive Means and Content * 4. Music as Science: The Contribution of d'Alembert * 5. Music as Art and Science: Changing Conceptualizations by Diderot, 1748-1760 * 6. Music as Art and Science: Changing Conceptualizations by Diderot, 1761-1771 * Epilogue * Key Passages in Translation * Chapter 2: * Jean-Jacques Rousseau, from Letter sur la musique française * Jean-Philippe Rameau, from Observations sur notre instinct pour la musique * Chapter 3: * Jean-Philippe Rameau, from Erreurs sur la musique dans l'Encyclopédie * Jean-Jacques Rousseau, from Dictionnaire de musique, "Opéra" * Chapter 4: * Jean le Rond d'Alembert, from Élémens de musique théorique et pratique, "Discours préliminaire" * Chapter 5: * Denis Diderot, from Entretiens sur "Le Fils naturel," Troisième entretien * Denis Diderot, from Leçons de clavecin et principes d'harmonie, par M. Bemetzrieder * Select Bibliography * Index
* Prologue * List of Abbreviations * 1. Introduction * 2. Rameau and Rousseau Launch the Debate * 3. Music as Expressive Art: Rameau versus Rousseau on Expressive Means and Content * 4. Music as Science: The Contribution of d'Alembert * 5. Music as Art and Science: Changing Conceptualizations by Diderot, 1748-1760 * 6. Music as Art and Science: Changing Conceptualizations by Diderot, 1761-1771 * Epilogue * Key Passages in Translation * Chapter 2: * Jean-Jacques Rousseau, from Letter sur la musique française * Jean-Philippe Rameau, from Observations sur notre instinct pour la musique * Chapter 3: * Jean-Philippe Rameau, from Erreurs sur la musique dans l'Encyclopédie * Jean-Jacques Rousseau, from Dictionnaire de musique, "Opéra" * Chapter 4: * Jean le Rond d'Alembert, from Élémens de musique théorique et pratique, "Discours préliminaire" * Chapter 5: * Denis Diderot, from Entretiens sur "Le Fils naturel," Troisième entretien * Denis Diderot, from Leçons de clavecin et principes d'harmonie, par M. Bemetzrieder * Select Bibliography * Index
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