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Mime, music and drama on the eighteenth-century stage
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Edward Nye |
"The 'ballet d'action' was one of the most successful and controversial forms of theatre in the early modern period. A curious hybrid of dance, mime and music, its overall and overriding intention wa… |
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Eighteenth-century music in theory and practice
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Mann, Alfred,Parker, Mary Ann |
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Variations on the canon
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Robert Lewis Marshall |
"Charles Rosen, the pianist and man of letters, is perhaps the single most influential writer on music of the past half century. While Rosen's vast range as a writer and performer is encyclopedic, it… |
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Beethoven
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Lewis Lockwood |
"In this portrayal of the world's most famous composer, Lewis Lockwood interweaves his discussion of Beethoven's life and works while placing them in their historical and artistic contexts. Written f… |
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Evening in the Palace of Reason
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James R. Gaines |
"James R. Gaines's Evening in the Palace of Reason sets up what seems to be the ultimate mismatch: a young, glamorously triumphant warrior-king, heralded by Voltaire as the very It Boy of the Enlight… |
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