French Vocal Literature:

Repertoire in Context

by Georgine Resick

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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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