Exhibiting Music at the Exposition Universelle
Opera, Ballet, and the Politics of French Identity
The Republic's Muse: Augusta Holmes's Ode triomphale
French Encounters with the Far East
Belly Dancers, Gypsies, and French Peasants
The Marvels of Technology
ANNEGRET FAUSER, Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Music, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Meticulously documented, beautifully illustrated, and always
intriguing. . . . A thoroughly enjoyable read and a first-rate
scholarly achievement. . . . Beautifully produced.
*MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION NOTES*
Engravings, caricatures from the illustrated press, and period
photographs . . . bring the Fair remarkably alive.
*JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MUSICOLOGICAL SOCIETY*
Annegret Fauser has written a valuable book. . . showing how the
exposition promoted French music of the previous decades and
offered concerts of world music and dance by performers from such
distant places as Romania, Egypt, Vietnam, and Java. Both French
historians and world historians will derive much benefit from the
volume.
*JOURNAL OF MODERN HISTORY*
Thoroughly researched and excellently illustrated. . . . Fauser has
done us all a service in clearly presenting the musical and moral
complexities of such a mammoth enterprise. . . . Thoughtful, lively
book.
*BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE*
Original and insightful. . . . [The presentation] is glossy,
spacious and consistent, with scrupulous referencing and clear
translations.
*NINETEENTH-CENTURY MUSIC REVIEW*
Fauser offers a 'thick history' in every sense, rich in individual
arguments, plurality of points of view, and layers of information
and analysis. This is a truly wonderful book, which may cause
something of a minor revolution in how we understand
nineteenth-century French music and listening cultures.
*H-NET April 2006*
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