creativity and controversity in the age of the French revolution
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Letzter, Jacqueline
- Creator
- Adelson, Robert
- Publish Year
- 2001
- Shelfmark
- B2409 - B
- Thesaurus
- componisten, muziektheater, Frankrijk, Franse Revolutie, 18e eeuw, biografische gegevens
- Description
- The book concentrates on the women who succeeded in bringing their operas to the stage during the age of the French Revolution. The authors examine the backgrounds of these women, the institutional barriers they had to surmount, and the problems they faced in asserting their authority and authorship. A detailed casestudy of Isabelle de Charrière (1740-1805) is given.