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Repertoire by chapter

• Chapter 1 -  French Poetry and the Development of Vocal Forms

• Chapter 2 -  The Turbulent Century

• Chapter 3 -  The Grand Siècle

• Chapter 4 -  Life after Lully

• Entr'acte -    Enlightenment, Revolution and Empire

• Chapter 5 -  Romance to Mélodie

• Chapter 6 -  Middle Class Mélodie

• Chapter 7 -  The Mélodie as Chamber Music

• Chapter 8 -  Wagnerites and Acolytes

• Chapter 9 -  The Belle Époque

• Chapter 10 - Harmonic and Prosodic Rebels

• Chapter 11 - "True France" and the March to War

• Chapter 12 - Les Années folles

• Chapter 13 - Mystical Mélodie

• Chapter 14 - Into the 21st Century

(Jean-Baptiste Joseph Pater (1695-1736). A Concert, 1730s [oil on canvas] Wallace Collection, London, UK)

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