From Destouches to Berton: Editorial Responsibility at the Paris Opéra

From Destouches to Berton: Editorial Responsibility at the Paris Opéra

From the death of Lully until the mid-1770s, revivals of old works, edited to conform to contemporary taste, formed a substantial part of the repertory of the Paris Opéra. Examination of the eighteenth-century administrative history of the Opéra shows that the editorial work-modest in scope before 1...

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Published in:Journal of the American Musicological Society Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 285 - 309
Main Author: Rosow, Lois
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Richmond, Va American Musicological Society 01-07-1987
University of California Press Books Division
Subjects:
Composers
Music composition
Music societies
Musical aesthetics
Musical direction
Musical performance
Opera
Orchestral music
Orchestras
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Summary:From the death of Lully until the mid-1770s, revivals of old works, edited to conform to contemporary taste, formed a substantial part of the repertory of the Paris Opéra. Examination of the eighteenth-century administrative history of the Opéra shows that the editorial work-modest in scope before 1753 but considerably more extensive after the Guerre des Bouffons -was the responsibility of the inspecteur général from 1713 to 1757 but, as a result of a gradual shift in the administrative structure of the organization, was subsequently carried out by a variety of Opéra officials. The most important editors were André Cardinal Destouches (whose editorial work is evident in a newly-identified musical autograph), François Francoeur, François Rebel, and Pierre Montan Berton.
ISSN:0003-0139
1547-3848
DOI:10.1525/jams.1987.40.2.03a00030