Parisian music-hall ballet, 1871-1913 /
This pioneering study of Parisian music-hall ballet brings to light a vibrant dance culture that was central to the renewal of French ballet at the turn of the twentieth century. Long thought a lost period for ballet in France, the fin de siècle in fact saw a flourishing of choreographic activity. M...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Rochester, NY :
University of Rochester Press,
2015.
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| Series: | Eastman studies in music ;
v. 123. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- The venues and the shows
- Music halls for tout-Paris
- Creative artists : authors, composers, and choreographers
- The ballet-divertissement
- Real pantomime-ballets : the choreographic conventions of 1890s music-hall ballet
- Music as storyteller : the musical conventions of 1890s music-hall ballet
- As pleasing to the ear as to the eye : a popular musical style
- The stories of music-hall ballet : romance, flirtations, and other pleasures
- A delight to behold : glitter, glamour, and girls.
