Composing the Citizen: Music as Public Utility in Third Republic France

by Jann Pasler (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2009

  $105.50

  Challenges modernist ideas about the value and role of music in Western society. This title demonstrates how music can help forge a nation. Exploring the history of Third Republic France, it shows how French people from different classes and political persuasions looked to music to revitalize the country after the turbulent crises of 1871.