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Félicien David's Grand Opera Herculanum (1859): Rome, Early Christianity, Multiple Exoticisms, Great Tunes – and Satan
The longstanding practice of building opera librettos on stories from classical antiquity (especially Greece and Rome, and, to a lesser extent, Egypt, Persia and Babylonia) waned in the early 1800s, as impresarios began to favour plots with more obvious current-day resonance (though sometimes set a few centuries in the past, to skirt objections from government censors and, in some lands, church authorities). Still, imaginative librettists and composers found ways of rejuvenating an ancient setting and producing an opera that spoke to the day's audiences instead of feeling stuffy or academic. One of the biggest successes in French serious opera of the 1850s was Félicien David's Herculanum, set to a text primarily by the renowned playwright and poet Joseph Méry. Widely hailed, not least by composer-critics Hector Berlioz and Ernest Reyer, the work freshened the ‘ancient Rome’ conventions by locating the action far to the south, near what is today Naples, and by including, as the main characters, two powerful aristocrats from the Euphrates valley, and two young adepts of the nascent Christian movement – and a fifth character, Satan himself, come to wreak havoc in the world. All of this would seem a stewpot of a librettist's wild imaginings were it not for the quality and impressive variety of David's music – and the opportunities that libretto and music together give to imaginative performers, as has been demonstrated in the work's three major revivals beginning in 2014 (in Belgium/France, Ireland and Hungary).
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Musicologia e/como preocupação social: imaginando o musicólogo relevante
Preocupações sociais e ideologias são refletidas (1) em nossa escolha de assunto ou repertório, (2) em nossas tentativas conscientes de colocar indivíduos e repertórios em contextos históricos e culturais concretos, e (3) em paradigmas e pressupostos sobre os quais elaboramos nossos vários argumentos e narrativas (progresso, o 'grande homem,' a nação, marxismo, feminismo). Como podem acadêmicos de musicologia agir de maneira responsável com alunos, corpo docente auxiliar e colegas pesquisadores (incluindo aqueles que estão buscando novas abordagens)? Em quais situações não-musicológicas poderiam estes acadêmicos ajudar a construir políticas sociais e culturais? Este texto foi originalmente publicado como o capítulo 22 de: COOK, Nicholas; EVERIST, Mark (eds.). Rethinking Music. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. p.499-530. ISBN10: 0-19-879003-1 (hbk); ISBN10: 0-19-879004-X (pbk); ISBN13: 978-0-19-879004-4. A tradução respeitou a estrutura original do texto e das notas de rodapé. Social concerns and ideologies are reflected (1) in our very choice of subject or repertoire, (2) in our conscious attempts to place individuals and repertoires in concrete historical or cultural context, and (3) in the paradigms and assumptions upon which we build our various arguments and narratives (progress, the 'great man,' the nation, Marxism, feminism). How might scholars of musicology act most responsibly toward musicology students, adjunct faculty, and fellow scholars (including those trying new approaches)? In what non-musicological arenas might such scholars help to shape cultural and social policies? This text was originally published as Chapter 22 of: COOK, Nicholas; EVERIST, Mark (eds.). Rethinking Music. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. p.499-530. ISBN10: 0-19-879003-1 (hbk); ISBN10: 0-19-879004-X (pbk); ISBN13: 978-0-19-879004-4.
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On Exoticism, Western Art Music, and the Words We Use
Studies of musikalische Terminologie have helped make scholars aware of the changing nature of the words we use in our own writings and in words we encounter in the musical world around us (e.g., in music journalism). The present article studies the terms (or concepts) “exoticism” and “Western classical music” as well as the interrelationship between them. Also explored are sometimes-hidden implications with regard to ethnic identity and “race.” Is Tan Dun writing exotic music when he is evoking his own people’s history for New York’s Metropolitan Opera?
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