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- Title
Musical Chiaroscuro in French Baroque Opera: The Case of Abbé Pellegrin's Tragédies en Musique.
- Authors
PINTIAUX, BENJAMIN
- Abstract
The libretti of Simon- Joseph Pellegrin's tragédies en musique are a perfect example of the use and functioning of musical clair-obscur in French opera in the eighteenth century. They illustrate the way it shapes and structures them both from a micro and macro point of view, with a rich typology of arias as well as literary and musical patterns. The need for variety and contrast and the systematic alternation between different types of arias, lyrical forms, registers, scenes and genres help structure French opera of the Enlightenment.
- Subjects
FRENCH opera; CHIAROSCURO; PELLEGRIN, Simon-Joseph, 1663-1745; TRAGEDIES en Musique (Music); BAROQUE music; OPERA librettos; ART &; music; HISTORY
- Publication
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 2014, Vol 37, Issue 4, p443
- ISSN
1754-0194
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1754-0208.12199