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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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