The figure of Dido in French drama and French music : interpretations of the tragic love story of a legendary heroine /

Ere for the first time, the various French treatments of Dido's tragic story in both drama and music, most of which are little known today are brought together, examined, compared, and evaluated. In Virgil's Aeneid, the evocation of Dido's great and fateful passion had an impact that...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hollard, Thoron, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Dido > (Legendary character) > Songs and music.
Dido > (Legendary character)
French drama > Roman influences.
Dido (Legendary character) in literature.
Mythology, Classical, in literature.
Mythologie ancienne dans la littérature.
DRAMA > Continental European.
Dido (Legendary character) in literature
Mythology, Classical, in literature
Songs and music
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Abstract; Foreword; Preface; Texts and conventions; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Virgil and Dido; Part I: Dido in French drama; Dido and the context of French tragedy; Jodelle- Didon se sacrifiant; Hardy- Didon se sacrifiant; Scudery- Didon; Boisrobert- La Vraye Didon, ou la Didon chaste; Montfleury- L'Ambigu comique, ou les Amours de Didon et d'AEnee; Le Franc de Pomopgnan- Didon; Roumegous- Didon; Part II: Dido in French music; The French cantata; Campra- Didon and Enee et Didon; Monteclair- La Mort de Didon; Mouret- Didon
  • Collin de Blamont- DidonLa Garde- Enee et Didon; Charpentier- Didon; The emergence of French opera; Demarest- Didon; Niccolo Piccinni- Didon; Hector Berlioz- Les Troyens; Conclusion; Appendices; Appendix A: Metastasio- Didone abbandonata; Appendix B: Le Fuel de Mericourt- Didon heureuse; Appendix C: Blangini fils- Didon; Bibliography; Index

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