Description
Musical Encounters at the 1889 Paris World's Fair explores the ways in which music was used, appropriated, exhibited, listened to, and written about during the six months of the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris, thereby revealing the role and the sociopolitical uses of music in France and, more generally, Europe during the late nineteenth century.
About the Author
ANNEGRET FAUSER, Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Music, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Reviews
Meticulously documented, beautifully illustrated, and always intriguing. . . . A thoroughly enjoyable read and a first-rate scholarly achievement. . . . Beautifully produced. -- Lesley A. Wright * MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION NOTES *
Engravings, caricatures from the illustrated press, and period photographs . . . bring the Fair remarkably alive. -- Jann Pasler * JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MUSICOLOGICAL SOCIETY *
Annegret Fauser has written a valuable book. . . showing how the exposition promoted French music of the previous decades and offered concerts of world music and dance by performers from such distant places as Romania, Egypt, Vietnam, and Java. Both French historians and world historians will derive much benefit from the volume. -- William Weber * JOURNAL OF MODERN HISTORY *
Thoroughly researched and excellently illustrated. . . . Fauser has done us all a service in clearly presenting the musical and moral complexities of such a mammoth enterprise. . . . Thoughtful, lively book. -- Roger Nichols * BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE *
Original and insightful. . . . [The presentation] is glossy, spacious and consistent, with scrupulous referencing and clear translations. -- Helen Julia Minors * NINETEENTH-CENTURY MUSIC REVIEW *
Fauser offers a 'thick history' in every sense, rich in individual arguments, plurality of points of view, and layers of information and analysis. This is a truly wonderful book, which may cause something of a minor revolution in how we understand nineteenth-century French music and listening cultures. -- Tamara Levitz * H-NET April 2006 *
Book Information
ISBN 9781580461856
Author Professor Annegret Fauser
Format Hardback
Page Count 416
Imprint University of Rochester Press
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Weight(grams) 1g
About the Author
ANNEGRET FAUSER, Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Music, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Reviews
Meticulously documented, beautifully illustrated, and always intriguing. . . . A thoroughly enjoyable read and a first-rate scholarly achievement. . . . Beautifully produced. -- Lesley A. Wright * MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION NOTES *
Engravings, caricatures from the illustrated press, and period photographs . . . bring the Fair remarkably alive. -- Jann Pasler * JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MUSICOLOGICAL SOCIETY *
Annegret Fauser has written a valuable book. . . showing how the exposition promoted French music of the previous decades and offered concerts of world music and dance by performers from such distant places as Romania, Egypt, Vietnam, and Java. Both French historians and world historians will derive much benefit from the volume. -- William Weber * JOURNAL OF MODERN HISTORY *
Thoroughly researched and excellently illustrated. . . . Fauser has done us all a service in clearly presenting the musical and moral complexities of such a mammoth enterprise. . . . Thoughtful, lively book. -- Roger Nichols * BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE *
Original and insightful. . . . [The presentation] is glossy, spacious and consistent, with scrupulous referencing and clear translations. -- Helen Julia Minors * NINETEENTH-CENTURY MUSIC REVIEW *
Fauser offers a 'thick history' in every sense, rich in individual arguments, plurality of points of view, and layers of information and analysis. This is a truly wonderful book, which may cause something of a minor revolution in how we understand nineteenth-century French music and listening cultures. -- Tamara Levitz * H-NET April 2006 *
Book Information
ISBN 9781580461856
Author Professor Annegret Fauser
Format Hardback
Page Count 416
Imprint University of Rochester Press
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Weight(grams) 1g
