French Music in Britain 1830–1914

Name: French Music in Britain 1830–1914
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

French Music in Britain 18301914Author(s): Paul Rodmell, Bennett Zon\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367642068, 978-0367642068\nSynopsis\nFrench Music in Britain [tel] investigates the presence, reception and influence of French art music in Britain between [tel]roughly the arrival of grand opera and opra comique in London) and the outbreak of the First World War. Five chronologically ordered chapters investigate key questions such as:\n\n* Where and to whom was French music performed in Britain in the nineteenth century?\n\n* How was this music received, especially by journal and newspaper critics and other arbiters of taste?\n\n* What characteristics and qualities did British audiences associate with French music?\n\n* Was the presence and reception of French music in any way influenced by Franco-British political relations, or other aspects of cultural transfer and exchange?\n\n* Were British composers influ.