Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the soundscape of the 1889 Exposition universelle
  • Exhibiting music at the Exposition universelle
  • Opera, ballet, and the politics of French identity
  • The Republic's muse : Augusta Holmes's Ode triomphale
  • French encounters with the Far East
  • Belly dancers, gypsies, and French peasants
  • The marvels of technology.