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Musical encounters at the 1889 Paris World's Fair /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fauser, Annegret
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2005.
Series:Eastman studies in music. [v. 32].
Subjects:
Music > France > 19th century > History and criticism.
Exposition universelle de 1889 > (Paris, France)
Music > Social aspects > France.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the soundscape of the 1889 Exposition universelle
  • Exhibiting music at the Exposition universelle
  • Opera, ballet, and the politics of French identity
  • The Republic's muse : Augusta Holmès's Ode triomphale
  • French encounters with the Far East
  • Belly dancers, gypsies, and French peasants
  • The marvels of technology.