The lure and legacy of music at Versailles : Louis XIV and the Aix school / John Hajdu Heyer.

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Heyer, John Hajdu

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781316128626
1316128628
9781139027793
1139027794
9781316129715
1316129713

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Lure and legacy of music at VersaillesDDC classification:

781.71/20094491 23

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ML2927.8.A39 H39 2014eb

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Contents:

Rendezvous in Provence. The winter of 1660 : Louis XIV and the royal court visit Provence ; A choirboy and his king : the early life of Guillaume Poitevin -- The Aix school : a legacy of Maitres. Guillaume Poitevin : maitre of Saint-Sauveur ; Andre Campra : an extraordinary career ; Jean Gilles : an independent spirit ; The "petits maitres" ; Antoine Blanchard : the eighteenth-century master -- The lure and legacy. The lure of music at Versailles and the Ile-de-France ; Patronage and the provencal networks ; The legacy of the Aix school.

Summary: "Louis XIV and his court at Versailles had a profound influence on music in France and throughout Europe. In 1660 Louis visited Aix-en-Provence, a trip that resulted in political and cultural transformations throughout the region. Soon thereafter Aix became an important center of sacred music composition, eventually rivaling Paris for the quality of the composers it produced. John Hajdu Heyer documents the young king's visit and examines how he and his court deployed sacred music to enhance the royal image and secure the loyalty of the populace. Exploring the circle of composers at Aix, Heyer provides the most up-to-date and complete biographies in English of nine key figures, including Guillaume Poitevin, Andre; Campra, Jean Gilles, François Estienne, and Antoine Blanchard. The book goes on to reveal how the history of political power in the region was reflected through church music, and how musicians were affected by contemporary events."--Publisher description.

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"Louis XIV and his court at Versailles had a profound influence on music in France and throughout Europe. In 1660 Louis visited Aix-en-Provence, a trip that resulted in political and cultural transformations throughout the region. Soon thereafter Aix became an important center of sacred music composition, eventually rivaling Paris for the quality of the composers it produced. John Hajdu Heyer documents the young king's visit and examines how he and his court deployed sacred music to enhance the royal image and secure the loyalty of the populace. Exploring the circle of composers at Aix, Heyer provides the most up-to-date and complete biographies in English of nine key figures, including Guillaume Poitevin, Andre; Campra, Jean Gilles, François Estienne, and Antoine Blanchard. The book goes on to reveal how the history of political power in the region was reflected through church music, and how musicians were affected by contemporary events."--Publisher description.

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