Voice Lessons: French Mélodie in the Belle Epoque

by Katherine Bergeron

Book Overview

Language, education, science, and song come together in surprising ways in Katherine Bergeron's new history of music in the Belle Epoque. Voice Lessons examines the modern musical art known as la m lodie fran aise and its rise to prominence in the years around 1900-a period when France was pouring resources into national literacy and French scholars were beginning to grasp the nuances of the spoken tongue. Bergeron explores the relationship between...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195337050
• ISBN13: 9780195337051
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.1"