The music for Rameau's memorial services : a study and critical edition of the Messe des morts by Jean Gilles, as performed in 1764

This thesis focuses on alterations made in 1764 to the Messe des morts by Jean Gilles for performances at memorial services held in Paris to honour Jean-Philippe Rameau. For this commemoration two extracts from Rameau’s opera Castor et Pollux were set to sacred texts and included in the Messe, and a...

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Main Author: Hammond, John Edward
Other Authors: Sadler, Graham
Published: University of Hull 2010
Subjects:
700
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.634053