The Ballets russes and beyond : music and dance in belle-époque Paris /

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Author / Creator:	Caddy, Davinia, 1980-
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 237 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	New perspectives in music history and criticism ; 22 New perspectives in music history and criticism ; 22.
Subject:	Ballets russes -- History. Ballets russes. Ballet -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century. Dance -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century. Music -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century. Ballet. Dance. Manners and customs. Music. Paris (France) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. France -- Paris. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11830082

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ISBN:	9781139380096 1139380095 9781139028189 1139028189 1139371819 9781139371810 9781139375801 1139375806 1316623637 9781316623633 9781139377232 113937723X 9781107014404 1107014409 9781316623633
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	A fresh perspective on the Ballets Russes, focusing on relations between music, dance and the cultural politics of belle-époque Paris.
Other form:	Print version: Caddy, Davinia, 1980- Ballets russes and beyond. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107014404
Standard no.:	9786613633620 40021084354

Table of Contents:

Cover; The Ballets Russes and Beyond; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Examples; Figures; Note on presentation; Acknowledgements; 1: Introduction: Le Génie de la danse; Period pleasure; Paris dancing; The Midas touch; Revisionism; Music and dance; Musicology and dance; A dual project; Suspended dualities; 2: Ballet at the Opéra and La Fête chez Thérèse; Backward glances: scene and narrative; Backbone: the score; Back-chat: music and drama; Comparing scores; Back to reality? A counter-narrative; Backing up (conclusion); 3: Nijinsky's Faune revisited; Synopsis; Illusionism.
ContemporaneityThe audio-visual contract; A web of affinity; Disciplinary resistance (conclusion); 4: Metaphors of invasion: the Ballets Russes and the French press; Puff; Confronting the press; Cosmopolitics; La Saison russe: les ballets juifs; L'invasion des barbares; From cosmopolitisme through primitivisme; Tripatouillage; Metaphors of invasion; Bad press; Vers l'erreur (conclusion); 5: Beyond and behind Le Coq d'or; The origins of Le Coq d'or; Le Coq d'or in the press; Superposition; The French response: opera (and singing); Ballet (and gesture).
The 'gesticulation' of opera: operatic performanceThe influence of music; Dance within opera; Opera-ballet; Danced opera; A trump card and a passport (conclusion); Select bibliography; Archives; French newspapers and journals; Books, articles and unpublished theses; Index.

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