{"product_id":"aesthetics-of-opera-in-the-ancien-regime-1647-1785-9780521801881","title":"Aesthetics of Opera in the Ancien Régime, 1647-1785","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Downing A. Thomas\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Genres \u0026amp; Styles - Opera\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first study to recognize the wider picture of opera within early-modern French culture. Downing Thomas considers the place of music within a cultural environment--the employment of music by Louis XIV as a symbol of absolutism; the use of music as a statement against the monarchy; and the long-term development of opera as a reflection of humanism. Thomas examines key works by Lully, Rameau, and Charpentier, among others, and extends his reach from the late seventeenth century to the end of the eighteenth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47590014288023,"sku":"9780521801881","price":14499.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780521801881.webp?v=1774969658","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/aesthetics-of-opera-in-the-ancien-regime-1647-1785-9780521801881","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}