Review of Jann Pasler. 2009. Composing the Citizen: Music as Public Utility in Third Republic France. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.
Nineteenth-century French music, arguably more than other repertoires, seems to resist straightforward narrative history. In recent years, scholars have favored thematic studies of the period, concentrating on specific political or social phenomena (Spies 1998; Fulcher 1987, 1999), individual genres...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Columbia University Libraries
2009-09-01
|
| Series: | Current Musicology |
| Online Access: | https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/currentmusicology/article/view/5168 |