History and General Description of New France
Title | History and General Description of New France PDF eBook |
Author | Pierre-François-Xavier de Charlevoix |
Publisher | |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 1902 |
Genre | Canada |
ISBN |
Historical Interplay in French Music and Culture, 1860–1960
Title | Historical Interplay in French Music and Culture, 1860–1960 PDF eBook |
Author | Deborah Mawer |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 439 |
Release | 2017-11-22 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1317121805 |
This edited volume of case studies presents a selective history of French music and culture, but one with a dynamic difference. Eschewing a traditional chronological account, the book explores the nature of relationships between one main period, broadly the 'long' modernist era between 1860–1960, and its own historical ‘others’, referencing topics from the Romantic, classical, baroque, renaissance and medieval periods. It probes the emergent interplay, intertextualities and scope for reinterpretation across time and place. Notions of cultural meaning are paramount, especially those pertaining to French identity, national and individual. While founded on historical musicology, the approach benefits from interdisciplinary association with philosophy, political history, literature, fine art, film studies and criticism. Attention is paid to French composers’ celebrations and remakings of their predecessors. Editions of and writings about earlier music are examined, together with the cultural reception of performances of past repertoire. Organized into two parts, each of the eleven chapters characterizes a specific cultural network or temporal interplay, which may result in synthesis, disjunction, or historical misreading. The interwar years and those surrounding the Second World War prove particularly rich sources of enquiry. This volume aims to attract a wide readership of musicologists and musicians, as well as cultural historians, other humanities scholars and concert-goers.
History of France
Title | History of France PDF eBook |
Author | J. Michelet |
Publisher | Рипол Классик |
Pages | 449 |
Release | |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1146375476 |
A History of the French Language
Title | A History of the French Language PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Rickard |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2003-10-04 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 1134838786 |
Incorporating a description of the Vulgar Latin spoken in Gaul, and the earliest recorded forms of French, the development of the French language through the later Middle Ages and Renaissance period is documented, to show the extent of standardization of form in the 17th and 18th centuries.
The Leading Facts of French History
Title | The Leading Facts of French History PDF eBook |
Author | David Henry Montgomery |
Publisher | |
Pages | 428 |
Release | 1903 |
Genre | France |
ISBN |
An Illustrated History of French Literature
Title | An Illustrated History of French Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Marc Des Granges |
Publisher | |
Pages | 974 |
Release | 1921 |
Genre | French literature |
ISBN |
A History of the French Language Through Texts
Title | A History of the French Language Through Texts PDF eBook |
Author | Wendy Ayres-Bennett |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2005-06-27 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1134856628 |
This new history of the French language allows the reader to see how the language has evolved for themselves. It combines texts and extracts with a readable and detailed commentary allowing the language to be viewed both synchronically and diachronically. Core texts range from the ninth century to the present day highlight central features of the language, whilst a range of shorter texts illustrate particular points. The inclusion of non-literary, as well as literary texts serves to illustrate some of the many varieties of French whether in legal, scientific, epistolatory, administrative or liturgical or in more popular domains, including attempts to represent spoken usage. This is essential reading for the undergraduate student of French.