ID - 19057372 TI - Dramatic expression in Rameau's Tragédie en musique : between tradition and enlightenment PY - 2013 SN - 9781107021563 1107021561 9781139109406 9781107314313 1107314313 9781299257276 1299257275 1107301475 1107235782 1107305675 1107306566 1139109405 1107308763 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Opera KW - Enlightenment KW - Music KW - Philosophy and aesthetics. KW - Rameau, Jean-Philippe, KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Rameau, Jean-Philippe KW - Opéra KW - Siècle des Lumières KW - Musique KW - Philosophie et esthétique KW - Art music KW - Art music, Western KW - Classical music KW - Musical compositions KW - Musical works KW - Serious music KW - Western art music KW - Western music (Western countries) KW - Gluck-Piccinni controversy KW - Querelle des Bouffons KW - Philosophy and aesthetics KW - Ramo, Zhan Filipp, KW - Rameau, KW - Rameau, Johann Baptist, KW - Rameau, J. Ph. KW - Ramō, J. Ph., KW - Ramō, Jan Firippu, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:19057372 AB - Cynthia Verba's book explores the story of music's role in the French Enlightenment, focusing on dramatic expression in the musical tragedies of the composer-theorist Jean-Philippe Rameau. She reveals how his music achieves its highly moving effects through an interplay between rational design, especially tonal design, and the portrayal of feeling and how this results in a more nuanced portrayal of the heroine. Offering a new approach to understanding Rameau's role in the Enlightenment, Verba illuminates important aspects of the theory-practice relationship and shows how his music embraced Enlightenment values. At the heart of the study are three scene types that occur in all of Rameau's tragedies: confession of forbidden love, intense conflict and conflict resolution. In tracing changes in Rameau's treatment of these, Verba finds that while he maintained an allegiance to the traditional French operatic model, he constantly adapted it to accommodate his more enlightened views on musical expression. ER -