Parisian music-hall ballet, 1871-1913 /

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This pioneering study of Parisian music-hall ballet brings to light a vibrant dance culture that was central to the renewal of French ballet at the turn of the twentieth century. Long thought a lost period for ballet in France, the fin de siècle in fact saw a flourishing of choreographic activity....

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gutsche-Miller, Sarah, 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2015.
Series:Eastman studies in music ; v. 123.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Ballet > France > Paris > History > 19th century.
Ballet > France > Paris > History > 20th century.
Ballets > France > Paris > History and criticism > 19th century.
Ballets > France > Paris > History and criticism > 20th century.
Ballet > France > Paris > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Ballet > France > Paris > Histoire > 20e siècle.
PERFORMING ARTS > Theater > General.
Ballet.
Ballets.
France > Paris.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontcover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Venues and the Shows; 2 Music Halls for Tout-Paris; 3 Creative Artists: Authors, Composers, and Choreographers; 4 The Ballet-Divertissement; 5 Real Pantomime-Ballets: The Choreographic Conventions of 1890s Music-Hall Ballet; 6 Music as Storyteller: The Musical Conventions of 1890s Music-Hall Ballet; 7 As Pleasing to the Ear as to the Eye: A Popular Musical Style; 8 The Stories of Music-Hall Ballet: Romance, Flirtations, and Other Pleasures; 9 A Delight to Behold: Glitter, Glamour, and Girls
  • Appendix A: Tables of Ballets Staged by the Folies-Bergère, the Olympia, and the Casino de ParisAppendix B: Synopses of Ballets Staged at the Folies-Bergère, the Olympia, and the Casino de Paris; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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