Music and the French Revolution

Rouget de Lisle's famous anthem, La marseillaise, admirably reflects the optimism of the early years of the French Revolution.

Editorial preface; Introduction: exploring the Revolution David Charlton; Part I. Elements of Continuity 'Royal Agamemnon': 1. the two versions of Gluck's Iphigenie en Aulide Julian Rushton; 2. Opera buffa into opera comique, 1771¿1790 Michael Robinson; 3. Periodical editions of music at the time of the French Revolution Catherine Massip; 4. The French string quartet, 1770-1800 Philippe Oboussier; 5. Francois Giroust, a Versailles musician of the revolutionary period Roger Cotte; Part II. Revolutionary Opera: 6. The new repertory at the Opera during the Reign of Terror; 7. revolutionary rhetoric and operatic consequences Elizabeth Bartlet; 8. Lenore, ou L'amour conjugal: a celebrated offspring of the Revolution David Galliver; 9. On redefinitions of rescue opera David Charlton; Part III. Music and the New Politics: 10. The Conservatoire de Musique and national music education in France, 1795¿1800 Cynthia M. Gessele; 11. French Revolutionary perspectives on Chabanon's De la musique of 1785 Ora Frishberg Saloman; 12. Marie-Joseph Chenier and Francois-Joseph Gossec: two artists in the service of Revolutionary propaganda Jean-Louis Jam; 13. The constitutions set to music during the Revolution Herbert Schneider; Part IV. Napoleon and After: 14. The French occupation of Lucca and its effects on music Gabriella Biagi Ravenni; 15. Beethoven and the Revolution; 16. The view of the French musical press Beate Angelika Kraus; Index.