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To consider opera within the scope of creation-research seems self-evident: the fertile ground of opera research encompasses issues such as subject, libretto, dramaturgy, expression of the composer's affect through the media of voice and orchestra, and the collaborative production involving stage director, technical crew, and performers. The end result, the creation of an opera, is necessarily the accomplishment of both personal and collective research. In response to the notion of a composer's cultural inheritance, Michèle Reverdy, French composer and creator of five operas, declared : “The composer is not a collector; he is an adventurer and an explorer.” In this analysis of Reverdy's most recent opera, Médée, which premiered at the Opéra national de Lyon in 2003 under the stage direction of filmmaker Raoul Ruiz, we will discuss how research, developed and deepened by the composer, plays a decisive role in the creation of a work.
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Young people's songs and music can be seen as the places where their identity and understanding of the world are expressed. This article addresses young Romanians' relationship with time. Analysis of their songs shows that these young people are in the grip of an identity schizophrenia, incapable of using either the past or the future in order to make sense of the present. Whereas other more optimistic generations projected themselves positively into the future, these young people are trapped in the present, incapable of envisaging their future, just as they had been under the Ceaucescu regime. The three segments of time — the past, the present and the future — are never related to each other. Despite the new social and political context of freedom and democracy, young people remain pessimistic; they have serious doubts about the new System and its leaders. This situation can be seen both as an effect of the transition period and as a legacy of the communist regime. There is a glimmer of hope, however: the integration of Romania into the structures of the global economy, which is happening notably in the musical domain, allows us to foresee the healing of Romanian youth.
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This article presents the results of a survey on the existence of a distinct French-Canadian culture, initiated by André Laurendeau in L'Action nationale during the Second World War. The analysis shows differences of perspective between the 53 responses coming from intellectuals and artists.
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Keywords: culture de guerre, Grande Guerre, mobilisation, musique, Paris, Great War, mobilization, music, Paris, war culture
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Keywords: exotisme, musique française, orientalisme, xixe siècle, xxe siècle, exoticism, French music, orientalism, 19th century, 20th century
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This article shows how an idea of opera organizes the opening sequence in Senso in the Fenice theatre of Venice, and then extends through the entire work, using the notion of "melodrama", the theme of the "troubadour" and the use Visconti makes of the voice.
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AbstractBeginning with a look at the origins and logistics behind musical works for ship sirens, the author traces the evolution and properties unique to the writing of the port symphonies produced in Montreal since 1995. The particularities of the space used (i.e., the positioning of the ships in the old port and the placement of the audience) and the notable variations in listening conditions due to the weather have created unusual works that are deployed in very large, urban acoustical spaces. The author explains how the notion of space is intrinsic to the composition of works for this atypical ensemble. He reveals, notably, that instrumental composers draw on “traditional” writing techniques, while “new music” composers adopt an approach that is in keeping with the port medium. Furthermore, electroacoustic composers appear to have carefully considered notions of space and acoustics in the development of their works. The author concludes with the reception of these popular, musical performances.