{"product_id":"francois-hunten-1793-1878-selected-works-9780815308546","title":"Francois Hunten, (1793-1878): Selected Works","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jeffrey Kallberg\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 8 of the \u003cstrong\u003ePIANO MUSIC \u003ci\u003eof the \u003c\/i\u003ePARI S IAN VIRTUOSOS 1810-1860 series. \u003c\/strong\u003eFrançois [Franz] Hünten (1793-1878) owed his position as a Parisian virtuoso to his friend Henri Herz. Two interesting curiosities stand out in Hünten's \u003ci\u003eoeuvre. \u003c\/i\u003eThe thematic subject matter of the \u003ci\u003eVirelay et rondeau martial sur l'opéra de G. Onslow Guise u Les États de Blois \u003c\/i\u003ecasts intriguing light on the historicizing tendencies of 1830s French romanticism (the \"virelay\" in question was written by Onslow, not Hünten). And the \u003ci\u003eFantaisie arabe sur l'air Kradoudja \u003c\/i\u003etestifies to the Parisians' burgeoning fascination with musical orientalism, a fascination that received its decisive impulse from the premiere of Félicien David's \u003ci\u003eLe désert in \u003c\/i\u003e1844.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46893529104535,"sku":"9780815308546","price":12431.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780815308546.webp?v=1770316993","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/francois-hunten-1793-1878-selected-works-9780815308546","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}