Lully studies / edited by John Hajdu Heyer.

Other author Heyer, John Hajdu, editor.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Descriptionxix, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Lully, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687--Criticism and interpretation.

Contents Lully's Tuscan family / Jérôme de La Gorce -- Lully plays deaf: rereading the evidence on his privilege / Patricia Ranum -- The phrase structures of Lully's dance music / Rebecca Harris-Warrick -- Quinault's libretto for Isis: new directions for the tragédie lyrique / Buford Norman -- The articulation of Lully's dramatic dialogue / Lois Rosow -- The Amsterdam editions of Lully's music: a bibliographical scrutiny with commentary / Carl B. Schmidt -- "Pourquoi toujours des bergers?" Molière, Lully, and the pastoral divertissement / John S. Powell -- The presentation of Lully's Alceste at the Strasbourg Académie de Musique / Catherine Cessac -- Walking through Lully's opera theatre in the Palais Royal / Barbara Coeyman -- Gluck and Lully / Herbert Schneider -- Jules Ecorcheville's genealogical study of the Lully family and its influence on Marcel Proust / Manuel Couvreur.
Abstract The work of Baroque composer Jean-Baptiste Lully, regarded as the founder of French opera and a key figure in the development of court ballet, enjoys growing popular and scholarly interest. This volume brings together thirteen international scholars to present the recent research on Lully's life, his work and his influence. Illustrated with musical examples and photographs, the volume also contains archival discoveries about the composer's early life in Tuscany and new information about his manuscript sources.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 289-298) and index.
LCCN 00020313
ISBN0521621836 (hardback)