{"product_id":"canonic-repertories-and-the-french-william-weber-9781648250163","title":"Canonic Repertories and the French Musical Press: Lully to Wagner","description":"A bold application of the concept of \"canonical\" works to the development of French operatic and concert life in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis long-awaited book by a leading historian of European music life offers a fresh reading of concert and operatic life by showing how certain musical works in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century France came to be considered \"canonic\" that is, admirable and worthy of being taken as models. In a series of interlinked essays, William Weber draws particular attention to the ways in which such reputations could shift in different eras and circumstances. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The first chapter outlines how such a surge of reputation came about for Jean-Baptiste Lully after his death in 1687, followed a century later by one for the operas of Christoph-Willibald Gluck and Niccolò Piccinni. Next, Beverly Wilcox contributes a crucial chapter exploring how a canon of sacred works evolved at the Concert Spirituel between 1725 and 1790. Subsequent chapters detail the rise of an \"incipient canon\" for Joseph Haydn's music in the 1780s; a new operatic canon centered on works of Gioachino Rossini and Giacomo Meyerbeer; a century-long canonic repertory at the theater of the Opéra-Comique; and, between 1860 and 1914, frequent concert performances of excerpts from Wagner's operas, sometimes along with excerpts from Meyerbeer's. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Throughout, Weber and Wilcox demonstrate how the French musical press reflected musical taste, and also shaped it, across two centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Weber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1648250165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781648250163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Rochester Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2022","brand":"William Weber","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43982980317439,"sku":"9781648250163","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0acce704-eddc-46de-8926-66a62ac1f819.jpg?v=1683264015","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/canonic-repertories-and-the-french-william-weber-9781648250163","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}