{"product_id":"opzsra-de-salon-parisian-societies-and-spaces-in-the-second-empire-9780197695180","title":"Opéra de Salon: Parisian Societies and Spaces in the Second Empire","description":"\u003cem\u003eOpéra de salon\u003c\/em\u003e emerged in the early 1850s out of a much longer tradition of \u003cem\u003ethéâtre de société\u003c\/em\u003e: the cultivation of performing plays in aristocratic town houses and \u003cem\u003echâteaux\u003c\/em\u003e which continued into the Second Empire of the 1850s and 1860s, and beyond. It consisted of a one-act \u003cem\u003eopérette\u003c\/em\u003e with between six and nine musical compositions separated by spoken dialogue that carried the action in the same way as \u003cem\u003eopéra-comique \u003c\/em\u003eor \u003cem\u003eopérette\u003c\/em\u003e itself. \u003cem\u003eOpéra de salon \u003c\/em\u003ewas separated from \u003cem\u003eopérette\u003c\/em\u003e and related genres by its performance context: never shared with the regulated theatre, \u003cem\u003eopéra de salon\u003c\/em\u003e was cultivated in domestic living spaces that were repurposed in ways that ranged from simply pushing back the furniture to building a fully-fledged theatre in one's own home. \u003cem\u003eOpéra de salon \u003c\/em\u003efurthermore found its way into the concert culture hosted by Parisian piano manufacturers Herz, Erard, Pleyel, and others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Opéra de salon: \u003cem\u003eParisian Societies and Salons in the Second Empire\u003c\/em\u003e, author Mark Everist brings to light a genre and a set of cultural practices that have long been obscured. Approximately 130 \u003cem\u003eopéras de salon\u003c\/em\u003e were composed and performed up to ca. 1875, and, as Everist demonstrates, they represent a significant generic trajectory in the history of nineteenth century music and theatre. Produced by major composers and librettists of the day, these works play into questions of gender, age, and urban topography in ways unlike other musical and theatrical genres of the day. Everist's focus is on the \u003cem\u003esalon\u003c\/em\u003e--the domestic, the private--but he also shows how \u003cem\u003eopéra de salon \u003c\/em\u003emoves effortlessly between intimate familial space, the more public \u003cem\u003esalon\u003c\/em\u003e, to the public and largely commercial concert hall in ways that prompt reflection on the status of all these critical categories. Ultimately, Everist challenges the hermetic discipline of 'opera studies' by opening up massive repertories that are still unknown, and by developing critical practices that go beyond traditional categories of theatres, institutions, consumers, and creators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMark Everist \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor of Music at the University of Southampton. His research focuses on the music of western Europe from 1150-1330, music for the stage in nineteenth-century France, Mozart, reception theory, and historiography. He is the author of six monographs, the most recent of which are \u003cem\u003eGenealogies of Music and Memory\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Empire at the Opera\u003c\/em\u003e, editor of three volumes of the \u003cem\u003eMagnus Liber Organi\u003c\/em\u003e, and has published over 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals and collections of essays. The recipient of the Solie (2010) and Slim (2011) awards of the American Musicological Society, he was elected a fellow of the Academia Europaea in 2012. Everist was President of the Royal Musical Association from 2011-17 and was elected a corresponding member of the American Musicological Society in 2014. He was visiting professor at the Sorbonne in 2021-22 and was elected to a fellowship at the French Institute of Advanced Studies from 2023-24. In July 2024, Everist was named \u003cem\u003eChevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres\u003c\/em\u003e by the French Minister of Culture.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51648725844242,"sku":"9780197695180","price":103.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3d364ed4-1bea-4249-8455-dab88dcb5101.jpg?v=1759832225","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/opzsra-de-salon-parisian-societies-and-spaces-in-the-second-empire-9780197695180","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}